Penny Downie
ActingBorn 1954-01-01 (72)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.
Known for
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Crown
2016
Downton Abbey
2010
Vera
2011
Father Brown
2013
Spooks
2002
Minder
1979
The Diplomat
2023
Absentia
2017
Ripper Street
2012
Waking the Dead
2001
Inspector Morse
1987
Timewatch
1982
The Chelsea Detective
2022
Silk
2011
London Has Fallen
2016
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Screen One
1989
Dalgliesh
1983
Invictus
2009
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Jackie
2016
Breathe
2017