Penny Downie
Acting
Born 1954-01-01 · 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
7.4
Breathe
2017 · Movie
7.2
Invictus
2009 · Movie
7.3
Hamlet
2009 · Movie
7.1
The Girl in the Café
2005 · Movie
7.9
Falling
2005 · Movie
10.0
Ex
1991 · Movie
8.0
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003 · Movie
7.0
Murder in Rome
2005 · Movie
Coming Soon
Boss Cat
Releases Dec 3, 2026
The Jester from Transylvania
2024 · Movie
Paradise
1994 · Movie
6.5
Lost for Words
1999 · Movie
6.5
Crime and Punishment
1998 · Movie
5.5
All About George
2005 · Movie
6.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004 · Movie
6.5
Jackie
2016 · Movie
5.3
Crosstalk
1982 · Movie
4.0
Food of Love
1997 · Movie
6.3
The House of Mirth
2000 · Movie
6.3
W.E.
2011 · Movie
6.0
Wetherby
1985 · Movie
5.6
Lionheart
1987 · Movie
6.2
London Has Fallen
2016 · Movie
4.8
Byron
2003 · Movie