Acting
Penny Downie
EN cinema · 24 credits
Born
1 January 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Queensland, 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
Filmography
Boss Cat
as Doris
The Jester from Transylvania
as Mrs. Pennington
Breathe
as Tid
London Has Fallen
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Jackie
as Janet Lee
W.E.
as Dr. Vargas
Hamlet
as Gertrude
Invictus
as Mrs. Pienaar
Falling
as Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome
as Caecilia
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
as Judith Massingham
Byron
as Lady Judith Milbanke
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
as Self - Narrator
The House of Mirth
as Judy Trenor
Lost for Words
as Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment
as Katerina
Food of Love
as Mary
Paradise
as Linda
Ex
as Sheila
Lionheart
as Madelaine
Wetherby
as Chrissie
Crosstalk
as Cindy