Penny Downie

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-01-01 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Queensland, Australia

Penny Downie

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.

Acting

2009

Hamlet

as Gertrude

1991

Ex

as Sheila

2005

Falling

as Hazel Kent

1998

A Certain Justice

as Venetia Aldridge

1999

Lost for Words

as Aileen Longden

1998

1994

Paradise

as Linda

2005

Murder in Rome

as Caecilia

2003

Byron

as Lady Judith Milbanke

1982

Crosstalk

as Cindy

2000

The House of Mirth

as Judy Trenor

2016

London Has Fallen

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter

2009

Invictus

as Mrs. Pienaar

1985

Wetherby

as Chrissie

2016

Jackie

as Janet Lee

1987

Lionheart

as Madelaine

1997

2011

W.E.

as Dr. Vargas

2017

Breathe

as Tid

2020

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