
Acting
Penny Downie
Born 1954-01-01· 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.
Known for
Full filmography

The Crown
2016
DRAMA
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
CRIME
Father Brown
2013
DRAMA
Vera
2011
CRIME
The Diplomat
2023
DRAMA
Downton Abbey
2010
DRAMA
Spooks
2002
DRAMA
Minder
1979
COMEDY
Waking the Dead
2001
CRIME
Inspector Morse
1987
CRIME
Absentia
2017
CRIME
The Chelsea Detective
2022
CRIME
Ripper Street
2012
DRAMA
Silk
2011
DRAMA
Whitstable Pearl
2021
CRIME
London Has Fallen
2016
ACTION
Houdini & Doyle
2016
DRAMA
Murder in Suburbia
2004
DRAMA
Invictus
2009
DRAMA
Back
2017
COMEDY
Jackie
2016
DRAMA
Breathe
2017
DRAMA