Penny Downie
Acting
Born January 1, 1954 · 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.
Films (23)
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
Breathe
2017
Jackie
2016
London Has Fallen
2016
W.E.
2011
Hamlet
2009
Invictus
2009
All About George
2005
The Girl in the Café
2005
Falling
2005
Murder in Rome
2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
Byron
2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
The House of Mirth
2000
Lost for Words
1999
Crime and Punishment
1998
Food of Love
1997
Paradise
1994
Ex
1991
Lionheart
1987
Wetherby
1985
Crosstalk
1982