1954Born, Queensland
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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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London Has FallenHome Secretary Rose Kenter
InvictusMrs. Pienaar
JackieJanet Lee
The CrownDuchess of Gloucester
Downton AbbeyLady Sinderby2024The Jester from TransylvaniaMrs. PenningtonMovie
2021Whitstable PearlIzzy · 1 episodeShow
2017BreatheTidMovie
2017AbsentiaValerie Chandris · 3 episodesShow
2017BackEllen · 12 episodesShow
2016JackieJanet LeeMovie
2016Houdini & DoyleMrs. Sulzbach · 1 episodeShow
2016London Has FallenHome Secretary Rose KenterMovie
2014SiblingsDr Barker · 1 episodeShow
2013Father BrownRev. Mother Augustine · 1 episodeShow
2012Ripper StreetFlora Gable · 1 episodeShow
2011W.E.Dr. VargasMovie
2011VeraVeronica · 1 episodeShow
2011SilkHelen Guthrie · 1 episodeShow
2009HamletGertrudeMovie
2009InvictusMrs. PienaarMovie
2006New Street LawHonor Scammel · 14 episodesShow
2005All About GeorgeEvelyn · 6 episodesShow
2005The Girl in the CaféRuthMovie
2005FallingHazel KentMovie
2005Murder in RomeCaeciliaMovie
2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingJudith MassinghamMovie
2004Murder in SuburbiaZenith · 1 episodeShow
2003ByronLady Judith MilbankeMovie
2003TrustAnita Matteo · 1 episodeShow
2003ByronLady Judith Milbanke · 2 episodesShow
2002SpooksProsecution QC · 1 episodeShow
2001The CazaletsSid · 6 episodesShow
2001Waking the DeadBonnie Yorke · 2 episodesShow
2000The House of MirthJudy TrenorMovie
1999Lost for WordsAileen LongdenMovie
1998Crime and PunishmentKaterinaMovie
1998A Certain JusticeVenetia Aldridge · 1 episodeShow
1997Food of LoveMaryMovie
1997The Ice HousePhoebe Maybury · 2 episodesShow
1996MadsonAnderton · 1 episodeShow
1995Kavanagh Q.C.Mrs. Rosalind McEnery · 1 episodeShow
1994ParadiseLindaMovie
1994StagesLinda · 1 episodeShow
1992UnderbellyBarbara Manning · 4 episodesShow
1991Stanley and the WomenSusan Duke · 4 episodesShow
1991ExSheilaMovie
1989Screen OneSheila · 1 episodeShow
1988A Taste for DeathKate Miskin · 6 episodesShow
1988CampaignSarah Copeland · 6 episodesShow
1987LionheartMadelaineMovie
1987Inspector MorseNurse Wendy Hazlitt · 1 episodeShow
1985WetherbyChrissieMovie
1983DalglieshKate Miskin · 1 episodeShow
1982CrosstalkCindyMovie
1982TimewatchCaecilia · 1 episodeShow
1979MinderDee Rogers · 1 episodeShow
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