Penny Downie
Actor
Biography
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
Invictus
as Mrs. Pienaar 2009
Jackie
as Janet Lee 2016
Breathe
as Tid 2017
W.E.
as Dr. Vargas 2011
The Girl in the Café
as Ruth 2005
The House of Mirth
as Judy Trenor 2000
Hamlet
as Gertrude 2009
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
as Judith Massingham 2004
Wetherby
as Chrissie 1985
Lionheart
as Madelaine 1987
Crime and Punishment
as Katerina 1998
Byron
as Lady Judith Milbanke 2003
Crosstalk
as Cindy 1982
Falling
as Hazel Kent 2005
Food of Love
as Mary 1997
Lost for Words
as Aileen Longden 1999