Penny Downie

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.

Known For

The Diplomat 2023 ★ 7.6

The Chelsea Detective 2022 ★ 6.3

Whitstable Pearl 2021 ★ 6.7

Absentia 2017 ★ 7.2

Breathe 2017 ★ 7.4

The Crown 2016 ★ 8.2

London Has Fallen 2016 ★ 6.2

Houdini & Doyle 2016 ★ 6.5

Father Brown 2013 ★ 7.6

Ripper Street 2012 ★ 7.4

Vera 2011 ★ 7.4

Silk 2011 ★ 7.5

Downton Abbey 2010 ★ 8.1

Invictus 2009 ★ 7.2

Murder in Suburbia 2004 ★ 7.6

Spooks 2002 ★ 7.7

Waking the Dead 2001 ★ 7.2

Kavanagh Q.C. 1995 ★ 7.3

Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 ★ 8.2

Screen One 1989 ★ 7.2

Inspector Morse 1987 ★ 7.9

Dalgliesh 1983 ★ 6.9

Timewatch 1982 ★ 6.9

Minder 1979 ★ 7.2