Acting

Penny Downie

Born 1954-01-01 · Queensland, Australia32 series27 films

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.

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Acting

2023The DiplomatFrances Munning18 ep.
2022The Chelsea DetectiveHilary Carmichael1 ep.
2021Whitstable PearlIzzy1 ep.
2017AbsentiaValerie Chandris3 ep.
2017BackEllen12 ep.
2016The CrownDuchess of Gloucester9 ep.
2016Houdini & DoyleMrs. Sulzbach1 ep.
2014SiblingsDr Barker1 ep.
2013Father BrownRev. Mother Augustine1 ep.
2012Ripper StreetFlora Gable1 ep.
2011SilkHelen Guthrie1 ep.
2010Downton AbbeyLady Sinderby3 ep.
2006New Street LawHonor Scammel14 ep.
2005All About GeorgeEvelyn6 ep.
2004Murder in SuburbiaZenith1 ep.
2003TrustAnita Matteo1 ep.
2003ByronLady Judith Milbanke2 ep.
2001The CazaletsSid6 ep.
2001Waking the DeadBonnie Yorke2 ep.
1998A Certain JusticeVenetia Aldridge1 ep.
1997The Ice HousePhoebe Maybury2 ep.
1996MadsonAnderton1 ep.
1995Kavanagh Q.C.Mrs. Rosalind McEnery1 ep.
1994StagesLinda1 ep.
1992UnderbellyBarbara Manning4 ep.
1991Stanley and the WomenSusan Duke4 ep.
1989Screen OneSheila1 ep.
1988A Taste for DeathKate Miskin6 ep.
1988CampaignSarah Copeland6 ep.
1987Inspector MorseNurse Wendy Hazlitt1 ep.
1983DalglieshKate Miskin1 ep.
1982TimewatchCaecilia1 ep.

Guest appearances

2023The DiplomatFrances Munning18 ep.
2024The Chelsea DetectiveHilary Carmichael1 ep.
2024Whitstable PearlIzzy1 ep.
2019The CrownDuchess of Gloucester9 ep.
2019AbsentiaValerie Chandris3 ep.
2016Houdini & DoyleMrs. Sulzbach1 ep.
2014Downton AbbeyLady Sinderby4 ep.
2014SiblingsDr Barker1 ep.
2013Father BrownRev. Mother Augustine1 ep.
2013Ripper StreetFlora Gable1 ep.
2012VeraVeronica1 ep.
2011SilkHelen Guthrie1 ep.
2011Waking the DeadBonnie Yorke2 ep.
2006Agatha Christie's PoirotFrances Cloade1 ep.
2005Murder in SuburbiaZenith1 ep.
2005TimewatchCaecilia1 ep.
2004SpooksProsecution QC1 ep.
2003TrustAnita Matteo1 ep.
1999Kavanagh Q.C.Mrs. Rosalind McEnery1 ep.
1998A Certain JusticeVenetia Aldridge1 ep.
1996MadsonAnderton1 ep.
1994StagesLinda1 ep.
1993Inspector MorseNurse Wendy Hazlitt1 ep.
1991Screen OneSheila1 ep.
1988DalglieshKate Miskin1 ep.
1988A Taste for DeathKate Miskin6 ep.
1984MinderDee Rogers1 ep.