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
8.2
The Crown
2016 · TV
7.5
The Diplomat
2023 · TV
6.6
New Street Law
2006 · TV
7.2
Back
2017 · TV
8.5
The Cazalets
2001 · TV
5.6
A Taste for Death
1988 · TV
8.1
Downton Abbey
2010 · TV
All About George
2005 · TV
7.3
Absentia
2017 · TV
6.5
Stanley and the Women
1991 · TV
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
7.3
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
7.4
Vera
2011 · TV
6.1
The Ice House
1997 · TV
5.0
Byron
2003 · TV
7.6
Father Brown
2013 · TV
7.7
Spooks
2002 · TV
7.1
Minder
1979 · TV
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
7.5
Silk
2011 · TV
7.4
Ripper Street
2012 · TV
7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · TV
6.4
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · TV
7.6
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · TV
6.9
Timewatch
1982 · TV
6.9
Dalgliesh
1983 · TV
6.7
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · TV
7.0
Madson
1996 · TV
6.5
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · TV
6.7
A Certain Justice
1998 · TV
6.0
Siblings
2014 · TV