Penny Downie
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.
Filmography (59 titles)
MovieBoss Cat
Doris · 2026
MovieThe Jester from Transylvania
Mrs. Pennington · 2024
7.6ShowThe Diplomat
Frances Munning · 2023
6.3ShowThe Chelsea Detective
Hilary Carmichael · 2022
6.7ShowWhitstable Pearl
Izzy · 2021
7.4MovieBreathe
Tid · 2017
7.3ShowAbsentia
Valerie Chandris · 2017
7.2ShowBack
Ellen · 2017
6.5MovieJackie
Janet Lee · 2016
8.2ShowThe Crown
Duchess of Gloucester · 2016
6.5ShowHoudini & Doyle
Mrs. Sulzbach · 2016
6.2MovieLondon Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter · 2016
6.1ShowSiblings
Dr Barker · 2014
7.6ShowFather Brown
Rev. Mother Augustine · 2013
7.4ShowRipper Street
Flora Gable · 2012
6.3MovieW.E.
Dr. Vargas · 2011
7.4ShowVera
Veronica · 2011
7.5ShowSilk
Helen Guthrie · 2011
8.1ShowDownton Abbey
Lady Sinderby · 2010
7.3MovieHamlet
Gertrude · 2009
7.2MovieInvictus
Mrs. Pienaar · 2009
6.6ShowNew Street Law
Honor Scammel · 2006
10.0MovieAll About George
Evelyn · 2005
ShowAll About George
Evelyn · 2005
7.1MovieThe Girl in the Café
Ruth · 2005
7.9MovieFalling
Hazel Kent · 2005
7.0MovieMurder in Rome
Caecilia · 2005
6.4MovieSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Judith Massingham · 2004
7.6ShowMurder in Suburbia
Zenith · 2004
4.8MovieByron
Lady Judith Milbanke · 2003