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.
2026Boss CatMovieas Doris
2024The Jester from TransylvaniaMovieas Mrs. Pennington2023The DiplomatTV showas Frances Munning · 18 episodes2022The Chelsea DetectiveTV showas Hilary Carmichael · 1 episodes
2021Whitstable PearlTV showas Izzy · 1 episodes2017BreatheMovieas Tid2017AbsentiaTV showas Valerie Chandris · 3 episodes2017BackTV showas Ellen · 12 episodes2016JackieMovieas Janet Lee2016The CrownTV showas Duchess of Gloucester · 9 episodes
2016Houdini & DoyleTV showas Mrs. Sulzbach · 1 episodes2016London Has FallenMovieas Home Secretary Rose Kenter
2014SiblingsTV showas Dr Barker · 1 episodes2013Father BrownTV showas Rev. Mother Augustine · 1 episodes2012Ripper StreetTV showas Flora Gable · 1 episodes2011W.E.Movieas Dr. Vargas2011VeraTV showas Veronica · 1 episodes
2011SilkTV showas Helen Guthrie · 1 episodes2010Downton AbbeyTV showas Lady Sinderby · 3 episodes2009HamletMovieas Gertrude2009InvictusMovieas Mrs. Pienaar
2006New Street LawTV showas Honor Scammel · 14 episodes
2005All About GeorgeTV showas Evelyn · 6 episodes2005The Girl in the CaféMovieas Ruth
2005FallingMovieas Hazel Kent
2005Murder in RomeMovieas Caecilia
2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingMovieas Judith Massingham
2004Murder in SuburbiaTV showas Zenith · 1 episodes
2003ByronMovieas Lady Judith Milbanke
2003TrustTV showas Anita Matteo · 1 episodes
2003Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his MindMovieas Self - Narrator
2003ByronTV showas Lady Judith Milbanke · 2 episodes2002SpooksTV showas Prosecution QC · 1 episodes
2001The CazaletsTV showas Sid · 6 episodes
2001Waking the DeadTV showas Bonnie Yorke · 2 episodes2000The House of MirthMovieas Judy Trenor
1999Lost for WordsMovieas Aileen Longden
1998Crime and PunishmentMovieas Katerina
1998A Certain JusticeTV showas Venetia Aldridge · 1 episodes
1997Food of LoveMovieas Mary
1997The Ice HouseTV showas Phoebe Maybury · 2 episodes
1996MadsonTV showas Anderton · 1 episodes
1995Kavanagh Q.C.TV showas Mrs. Rosalind McEnery · 1 episodes
1994ParadiseMovieas Linda
1992UnderbellyTV showas Barbara Manning · 4 episodes
1991Stanley and the WomenTV showas Susan Duke · 4 episodes
1991ExMovieas Sheila
1989Screen OneTV showas Sheila · 1 episodes1989Agatha Christie's PoirotTV showas Frances Cloade · 1 episodes
1988A Taste for DeathTV showas Kate Miskin · 6 episodes
1987LionheartMovieas Madelaine1987Inspector MorseTV showas Nurse Wendy Hazlitt · 1 episodes
1985WetherbyMovieas Chrissie
1983DalglieshTV showas Kate Miskin · 1 episodes
1982CrosstalkMovieas Cindy
1982TimewatchTV showas Caecilia · 1 episodes
1979MinderTV showas Dee Rogers · 1 episodes