Penny Downie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

49

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

  • The Diplomat

    The Diplomat

  • 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

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Timewatch

    Timewatch

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Ripper Street

    Ripper Street

  • The Chelsea Detective

    The Chelsea Detective

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Absentia

    Absentia

  • Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • Whitstable Pearl

    Whitstable Pearl

  • Invictus

    Invictus

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

    Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

  • The Jester from Transylvania

    The Jester from Transylvania

  • Houdini & Doyle

    Houdini & Doyle

  • Byron

    Byron

  • W.E.

    W.E.

  • Lionheart

    Lionheart

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

  • Wetherby

    Wetherby

  • New Street Law

    New Street Law

  • Crosstalk

    Crosstalk

  • Back

    Back

  • Falling

    Falling

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • Breathe

    Breathe

  • A Certain Justice

    A Certain Justice

  • The Cazalets

    The Cazalets

  • Jackie

    Jackie

  • Food of Love

    Food of Love

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • Ex

    Ex

  • Byron

    Byron

  • The Girl in the Café

    The Girl in the Café

  • The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

  • Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

    Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

  • A Taste for Death

    A Taste for Death

  • All About George

    All About George

  • Stanley and the Women

    Stanley and the Women

  • Murder in Rome

    Murder in Rome

  • Paradise

    Paradise