Penny Downie
Known For
Acting
Born
1954-01-01 in Queensland, Australia
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.
Most Known For
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Frances Cloade
The Crown
as Duchess of Gloucester
Downton Abbey
as Lady Sinderby
Vera
as Veronica
Father Brown
as Rev. Mother Augustine
Absentia
as Valerie Chandris
Minder
as Dee Rogers
Spooks
as Prosecution QC
Inspector Morse
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Waking the Dead
as Bonnie Yorke
The Diplomat
as Frances Munning
The Chelsea Detective
as Hilary Carmichael
Ripper Street
as Flora Gable
Timewatch
as Caecilia
London Has Fallen
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Silk
as Helen Guthrie
Whitstable Pearl
as Izzy
Dalgliesh
as Kate Miskin
Houdini & Doyle
as Mrs. Sulzbach