Penny Downie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

48

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-01-01 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Queensland, Australia

Penny Downie

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.

Known For

  • Absentia

    Absentia

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • Vera

    Vera

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • The Diplomat

    The Diplomat

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Ripper Street

    Ripper Street

  • The Chelsea Detective

    The Chelsea Detective

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Invictus

    Invictus

  • Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh

  • The Jester from Transylvania

    The Jester from Transylvania

  • Whitstable Pearl

    Whitstable Pearl

  • Ex

    Ex

  • Houdini & Doyle

    Houdini & Doyle

  • W.E.

    W.E.

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Lionheart

    Lionheart

  • Byron

    Byron

  • Wetherby

    Wetherby

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

    Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

  • Crosstalk

    Crosstalk

  • Falling

    Falling

  • Back

    Back

  • Jackie

    Jackie

  • The Girl in the Café

    The Girl in the Café

  • Byron

    Byron

  • Breathe

    Breathe

  • The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

  • Murder in Rome

    Murder in Rome

  • The Cazalets

    The Cazalets

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • New Street Law

    New Street Law

  • A Taste for Death

    A Taste for Death

  • Food of Love

    Food of Love

  • Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

  • Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

    Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

  • All About George

    All About George

  • Stanley and the Women

    Stanley and the Women

  • Paradise

    Paradise