Penny Downie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 January 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.
Known for
Acting 25
- 2026Boss Cat as Doris
- 2024The Jester from Transylvania as Mrs. Pennington
- 2017Breathe as Tid
- 2016Jackie as Janet Lee
- 2016London Has Fallen as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
- 2011W.E. as Dr. Vargas
- 2009Hamlet as Gertrude
- 2009Invictus as Mrs. Pienaar
- 2005All About George as Evelyn
- 2005The Girl in the Café as Ruth
- 2005Falling as Hazel Kent
- 2005Murder in Rome as Caecilia
- 2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking as Judith Massingham
- 2003Byron as Lady Judith Milbanke
- 2003Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind as Self - Narrator
- 2000The House of Mirth as Judy Trenor
- 1999Lost for Words as Aileen Longden
- 1998Crime and Punishment as Katerina
- 1998A Certain Justice as Venetia Aldridge
- 1997Food of Love as Mary
- 1994Paradise as Linda
- 1991Ex as Sheila
- 1987Lionheart as Madelaine
- 1985Wetherby as Chrissie
- 1982Crosstalk as Cindy