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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.
Filmography32 titles
The Cazalets
as Sid
as Sid
The Crown
2016as Duchess of Gloucester
2016as Duchess of Gloucester
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Frances Cloade
1989as Frances Cloade
Downton Abbey
2010as Lady Sinderby
2010as Lady Sinderby
Falling
2005as Hazel Kent
2005as Hazel Kent
Inspector Morse
1987as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
1987as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Spooks
2002as Prosecution QC
2002as Prosecution QC
The Diplomat
2023as Frances Munning
2023as Frances Munning
Father Brown
2013as Rev. Mother Augustine
2013as Rev. Mother Augustine
Murder in Suburbia
2004as Zenith
2004as Zenith
Silk
2011as Helen Guthrie
2011as Helen Guthrie
Breathe
2017as Tid
2017as Tid
Ripper Street
2012as Flora Gable
2012as Flora Gable
Vera
2011as Veronica
2011as Veronica
Kavanagh QC
1995as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
1995as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Back
2017as Ellen
2017as Ellen
Absentia
2017as Valerie Chandris
2017as Valerie Chandris
Invictus
2009as Mrs. Pienaar
2009as Mrs. Pienaar
Waking the Dead
2001as Bonnie Yorke
2001as Bonnie Yorke
Whitstable Pearl
2021as Izzy
2021as Izzy
Jackie
2016as Janet Lee
2016as Janet Lee
Houdini and Doyle
2016as Mrs. Sulzbach
2016as Mrs. Sulzbach
Lost for Words
1999as Aileen Longden
1999as Aileen Longden
The Chelsea Detective
2022as Hilary Carmichael
2022as Hilary Carmichael
W.E.
2011as Dr. Vargas
2011as Dr. Vargas
London Has Fallen
2016as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
2016as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
The House of Mirth
2000as Judy Trenor
2000as Judy Trenor
The Ice House
as Phoebe Maybury
as Phoebe Maybury
Siblings
2014as Dr Barker
2014as Dr Barker
Wetherby
1985as Chrissie
1985as Chrissie
Lionheart
1987as Madelaine
1987as Madelaine
Byron
2003as Lady Judith Milbanke
2003as Lady Judith Milbanke