Penny Downie

1954 (72) • Acting

Born: 1/1/1954 (72) in Queensland, Australia

Known for: Acting

Penny Downie

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 Crown

82%

Duchess of Gloucester

2016

Downton Abbey

81%

Lady Sinderby

2010

Agatha Christie's Poirot

82%

Frances Cloade

1989

The Diplomat

76%

Frances Munning

2023

Absentia

73%

Valerie Chandris

2017

Ripper Street

74%

Flora Gable

2012

Vera

74%

Veronica

2011

Spooks

77%

Prosecution QC

2002

The Jester from Transylvania

Mrs. Pennington

2024

The Diplomat

76%

Frances Munning

2023

The Chelsea Detective

64%

Hilary Carmichael

2022

Whitstable Pearl

67%

Izzy

2021

Breathe

74%

Tid

2017

Absentia

73%

Valerie Chandris

2017

Back

71%

Ellen

2017

Jackie

65%

Janet Lee

2016

The Crown

82%

Duchess of Gloucester

2016

Houdini & Doyle

65%

Mrs. Sulzbach

2016

London Has Fallen

62%

Home Secretary Rose Kenter

2016

Father Brown

76%

Rev. Mother Augustine

2013

Ripper Street

74%

Flora Gable

2012

W.E.

63%

Dr. Vargas

2011

Vera

74%

Veronica

2011

Silk

75%

Helen Guthrie

2011

Downton Abbey

81%

Lady Sinderby

2010

Hamlet

73%

Gertrude

2009

Invictus

72%

Mrs. Pienaar

2009

New Street Law

66%

Honor Scammel

2006

All About George

Evelyn

2005

The Girl in the Café

70%

Ruth

2005

Falling

79%

Hazel Kent

2005

Murder in Rome

70%

Caecilia

2005

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

64%

Judith Massingham

2004

Byron

48%

Lady Judith Milbanke

2003

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

80%

Self - Narrator

2003

Byron

50%

Lady Judith Milbanke

2003