Penny Downie
Acting
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
2024The Jester from Transylvania
Mrs. Pennington
2017Breathe
Tid
2016London Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
2016Jackie
Janet Lee
2011W.E.
Dr. Vargas
2009Hamlet
Gertrude
2009Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar
2005The Girl in the Café
Ruth
2005Falling
Hazel Kent
2005Murder in Rome
Caecilia
2005All About George
Evelyn
2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Judith Massingham
2003Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
2003Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self - Narrator
2000The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
1999Lost for Words
Aileen Longden
1998Crime and Punishment
Katerina
1997Food of Love
Mary
1994Paradise
Linda
1991Ex
Sheila
1987Lionheart
Madelaine
1985Wetherby
Chrissie
1982Crosstalk
Cindy