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.
TV credits
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Diplomat
2023
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Chelsea Detective
2022
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Absentia
2017
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Back
2017
Rated 8.2 out of 10
The Crown
2016
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Siblings
2014
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Father Brown
2013
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Ripper Street
2012
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Vera
2011
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Silk
2011
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Downton Abbey
2010
Rated 6.6 out of 10
New Street Law
2006
Rated 0.0 out of 10
All About George
2005
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Trust
2003
Rated 5.0 out of 10
Byron
2003
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Spooks
2002
Rated 8.5 out of 10
The Cazalets
2001
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Waking the Dead
2001
Rated 6.7 out of 10
A Certain Justice
1998
Rated 6.1 out of 10
The Ice House
1997
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Madson
1996