About
Penny Downie
Overview
Penny Downie is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom. From 2017 until 2021 she played Ellen in the British TV sitcom Back. She plays the US ambassador’s house manager Frances Munning in the 2023 Netflix political thriller series The Diplomat.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2020 | The Jester from Transylvania | Actor | Mrs. Pennington | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Breathe | Actor | Tid | 68 Fair |
| 2017 | Back | Actor | Ellen | 70 Good |
| 2016 | Jackie | Actor | Janet Lee | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Actor | Home Secretary Rose Kenter | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | Downton Abbey: A Moorland Holiday | Actor | Lady Sinderby | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | W.E. | Actor | Dr. Vargas | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Actor | Gertrude | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Invictus | Actor | Mrs. Pienaar | 70 Good |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Actor | Honor Scammel | 69 Fair |
| 2005 | All About George | Actor | Evelyn | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | The Girl in the Café | Actor | Ruth | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Falling | Actor | Hazel Kent | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Murder in Rome | Actor | Caecilia | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Actor | Judith Massingham | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Byron | Actor | Lady Judith Milbanke | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind | Actor | Self - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Byron | Actor | Lady Judith Milbanke | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Actor | Sid | 70 Good |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Actor | Judy Trenor | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Lost for Words | Actor | Aileen Longden | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Crime and Punishment | Actor | Katerina | 59 Average |
| 1998 | A Certain Justice | Actor | Venetia Aldridge | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Food of Love | Actor | Mary | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The Ice House | Actor | Phoebe Maybury | 68 Fair |
| 1994 | Paradise | Actor | Linda | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Stanley and the Women | Actor | Susan Duke | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Ex | Actor | Sheila | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Lionheart | Actor | Madelaine | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Actor | Chrissie | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Crosstalk | Actor | Cindy | 58 Average |