Penny Downie

Penny Downie (71)

1954-01-01 | Queensland, Australia

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.

On Movies

  • The Jester from Transylvania
  • Breathe
  • Jackie
  • London Has Fallen
  • W.E.
  • Hamlet
  • Invictus
  • The Girl in the Café
  • Falling
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
  • Byron
  • The House of Mirth
  • Lost for Words
  • Crime and Punishment
  • A Certain Justice
  • Food of Love
  • Paradise
  • Ex
  • Lionheart
  • Wetherby
  • Crosstalk

On Series

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