Acting
Penny Downie
Queensland, AustraliaBorn 1954 (72 years old)
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.
23
Films
28
TV Shows
Known For
51 Credits
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Frances Cloade
1989
The Crown
as Duchess of Gloucester
2016
Minder
as Dee Rogers
1979
Downton Abbey
as Lady Sinderby
2010
Vera
as Veronica
2011
Father Brown
as Rev. Mother Augustine
2013
Absentia
as Valerie Chandris
2017
Waking the Dead
as Bonnie Yorke
2001
Spooks
as Prosecution QC
2002
The Diplomat
as Frances Munning
2023
Inspector Morse
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
1987
Ripper Street
as Flora Gable
2012