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