Actor
Penny Downie
Born 1954 · 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.
Acting
The Crown
Duchess of Gloucester · 2016
Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar · 2009
Downton Abbey
Lady Sinderby · 2010
London Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter · 2016
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Frances Cloade · 1989
Jackie
Janet Lee · 2016
Breathe
Tid · 2017
The Diplomat
Frances Munning · 2023
Absentia
Valerie Chandris · 2017
Ripper Street
Flora Gable · 2012
Inspector Morse
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt · 1987
Spooks
Prosecution QC · 2002
Vera
Veronica · 2011
Father Brown
Rev. Mother Augustine · 2013
W.E.
Dr. Vargas · 2011
The Girl in the Café
Ruth · 2005
Hamlet
Gertrude · 2009
Silk
Helen Guthrie · 2011
Back
Ellen · 2017
Waking the Dead
Bonnie Yorke · 2001
The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor · 2000
The Chelsea Detective
Hilary Carmichael · 2022
Whitstable Pearl
Izzy · 2021
Houdini & Doyle
Mrs. Sulzbach · 2016