Penny Downie

Actress

Born: January 1, 1954 (72 years old)

Place of birth: Queensland, Australia

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 (38)

• Hamlet (2009, ★ 7.3)
• Invictus (2009, ★ 7.2)
• Breathe (2017, ★ 7.4)
• Inspector Morse (1987, ★ 7.9)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
• The Diplomat (2023, ★ 7.6)
• Downton Abbey (2010, ★ 8.1)
• The Crown (2016, ★ 8.2)
• The Girl in the Café (2005, ★ 7)
• Crime and Punishment (1998, ★ 6.5)
• The House of Mirth (2000, ★ 6.2)
• London Has Fallen (2016, ★ 6.2)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004, ★ 6.4)
• Jackie (2016, ★ 6.5)
• Vera (2011, ★ 7.4)
• W.E. (2011, ★ 6.3)
• New Street Law (2006, ★ 6.6)
• Timewatch (1982, ★ 6.9)
• Minder (1979, ★ 7.1)
• Father Brown (2013, ★ 7.6)
• Waking the Dead (2001, ★ 7.2)
• Kavanagh Q.C. (1995, ★ 7.2)
• Murder in Suburbia (2004, ★ 7.6)
• Houdini & Doyle (2016, ★ 6.5)
• Ripper Street (2012, ★ 7.4)
• Back (2017, ★ 7.2)
• Spooks (2002, ★ 7.7)
• Dalgliesh (1983, ★ 6.9)
• Absentia (2017, ★ 7.3)
• Silk (2011, ★ 7.5)