Biography
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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Boss Cat
2026
The Diplomat
2023
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Breathe
2017
Absentia
2017
Back
2017
Jackie
2016
The Crown
2016
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Siblings
2014
Father Brown
2013
Ripper Street
2012
W.E.
2011
Vera
2011
Silk
2011
Downton Abbey
2010
Hamlet
2009
Invictus
2009
New Street Law
2006
All About George
2005
All About George
2005
Falling
2005
Murder in Rome
2005
Byron
2003
Trust
2003
Byron
2003
Spooks
2002
The Cazalets
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Lost for Words
1999
Food of Love
1997
The Ice House
1997
Madson
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Paradise
1994
Ex
1991
Screen One
1989
Lionheart
1987
Inspector Morse
1987
Wetherby
1985
Dalgliesh
1983
Crosstalk
1982
Timewatch
1982
Minder
1979