Penny Downie
Known for Acting
Born January 1, 1954
Place of Birth 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.
Filmography
London Has Fallen
2016
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Breathe
2017
as Tid
Invictus
2009
as Mrs. Pienaar
Jackie
2016
as Janet Lee
The House of Mirth
2000
as Judy Trenor
Hamlet
2009
as Gertrude
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
as Judith Massingham
W.E.
2011
as Dr. Vargas
Wetherby
1985
as Chrissie
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Ruth
Lionheart
1987
as Madelaine
Crime and Punishment
1998
as Katerina
Byron
2003
as Lady Judith Milbanke
Crosstalk
1982
as Cindy
Ex
1991
as Sheila
Falling
2005
as Hazel Kent
Food of Love
1997
as Mary
Murder in Rome
2005
as Caecilia
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Mrs. Pennington
Lost for Words
1999
as Aileen Longden
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