Penny Downie
Acting
1954-01-01Queensland, Australia
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
tv
8.2
2016
The Crown
2016 · tv
tv
8.2
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · tv
tv
7.4
2011
Vera
2011 · tv
tv
8.1
2010
Downton Abbey
2010 · tv
tv
7.6
2013
Father Brown
2013 · tv
tv
7.1
1979
Minder
1979 · tv
tv
7.7
2002
Spooks
2002 · tv
tv
7.3
2001
Waking the Dead
2001 · tv
tv
7.2
2017
Absentia
2017 · tv
tv
7.9
1987
Inspector Morse
1987 · tv
tv
7.6
2023
The Diplomat
2023 · tv
tv
7.4
2012
Ripper Street
2012 · tv
tv
7.5
2011
Silk
2011 · tv
tv
7.3
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · tv
tv
6.9
1982
Timewatch
1982 · tv
tv
6.3
2022
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · tv
tv
7.2
1989
Screen One
1989 · tv
tv
6.7
2021
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · tv
tv
6.9
1983
Dalgliesh
1983 · tv
movie
6.2
2016
London Has Fallen
2016 · movie
tv
7.6
2004
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · tv
movie
7.2
2009
Invictus
2009 · movie
tv
6.5
2016
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · tv
tv
7.2
2017
Back
2017 · tv
movie
6.5
2016
Jackie
2016 · movie
movie
7.4
2017
Breathe
2017 · movie
tv
6.6
2006
New Street Law
2006 · tv
tv
6.5
2003
Trust
2003 · tv
tv
7.0
1996
Madson
1996 · tv
tv
8.5
2001
The Cazalets
2001 · tv