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.
Acted in 56
2020s
- 2026
Boss Cat
Doris
- 2024
The Jester from Transylvania
Mrs. Pennington
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2017
Back
Ellen · 12 episodes
- 2016
- 2014
Siblings
Dr Barker · 1 episode
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Hamlet
Gertrude
- 2006
- 2005
All About George
Evelyn · 6 episodes
The Girl in the Café
Ruth
Falling
Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome
Caecilia
- 2004
Murder in Suburbia
Zenith · 1 episode
- 2003
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
Trust
Anita Matteo · 1 episode
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
The Cazalets
Sid · 6 episodes
- 2000
The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
1990s
- 1999
Lost for Words
Aileen Longden
- 1998
Crime and Punishment
Katerina
A Certain Justice
Venetia Aldridge · 1 episode
- 1997
Food of Love
Mary
The Ice House
Phoebe Maybury · 2 episodes
- 1996
Madson
Anderton · 1 episode
- 1995
- 1994
Paradise
Linda
- 1992
Underbelly
Barbara Manning · 4 episodes
- 1991
Stanley and the Women
Susan Duke · 4 episodes
Ex
Sheila
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
Wetherby
Chrissie
- 1983
- 1982
Crosstalk
Cindy
1970s
- 1979
Appearances1
2000s
- 2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self - Narrator