Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

48

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-01-01 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Queensland, Australia

Also Known As

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

Hamlet

Hamlet

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

Invictus

Invictus

Breathe

Breathe

Acting

Hamlet

2009

Hamlet

as

Gertrude

The Girl in the Café

2005

The Girl in the Café

as

Ruth

1991

Ex

as

Sheila

Falling

2005

Falling

as

Hazel Kent

A Certain Justice

1998

A Certain Justice

as

Venetia Aldridge

Lost for Words

1999

Lost for Words

as

Aileen Longden

Crime and Punishment

1998

Crime and Punishment

as

Katerina

Paradise

1994

Paradise

as

Linda

Murder in Rome

2005

Murder in Rome

as

Caecilia

Byron

2003

Byron

as

Lady Judith Milbanke

Crosstalk

1982

Crosstalk

as

Cindy

The House of Mirth

2000

The House of Mirth

as

Judy Trenor

London Has Fallen

2016

London Has Fallen

as

Home Secretary Rose Kenter

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

2003

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

as

Self - Narrator

Invictus

2009

Invictus

as

Mrs. Pienaar

Wetherby

1985

Wetherby

as

Chrissie

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

as

Judith Massingham

Jackie

2016

Jackie

as

Janet Lee

Lionheart

1987

Lionheart

as

Madelaine

Food of Love

1997

Food of Love

as

Mary

W.E.

2011

W.E.

as

Dr. Vargas

Breathe

2017

Breathe

as

Tid

The Jester from Transylvania

2020

The Jester from Transylvania

as

Mrs. Pennington

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

as

Nurse Wendy Hazlitt

New Street Law

New Street Law

as

Honor Scammel

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as

Frances Cloade

The Cazalets

The Cazalets

as

Sid

The Diplomat

The Diplomat

as

Frances Munning

Vera

Vera

as

Veronica

Timewatch

Timewatch

as

Caecilia

Minder

Minder

as

Dee Rogers

Father Brown

Father Brown

as

Rev. Mother Augustine

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as

Bonnie Yorke

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

as

Lady Sinderby

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

as

Mrs. Rosalind McEnery

Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

as

Mrs. Sulzbach

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as

Flora Gable

All About George

All About George

as

Evelyn

Back

Back

as

Ellen

Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women

as

Susan Duke

Byron

Byron

as

Lady Judith Milbanke

The Ice House

The Ice House

as

Phoebe Maybury

Spooks

Spooks

as

Prosecution QC

A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death

as

Kate Miskin

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as

Kate Miskin

The Crown

The Crown

as

Duchess of Gloucester

Absentia

Absentia

as

Valerie Chandris

The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

as

Hilary Carmichael

Production

Crew

Directing