Penny Downie
Acting
Born January 1, 1954 · Queensland, Australia
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 · 40 titles
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Father Brown
The Crown
Downton Abbey
Vera
Minder
Spooks
Waking the Dead
Absentia
Timewatch
Inspector Morse
The Diplomat
Silk
Ripper Street
The Chelsea Detective
Kavanagh Q.C.
Dalgliesh
Screen One
Whitstable Pearl
London Has Fallen
Houdini & Doyle
A Taste for Death
Murder in Suburbia
Breathe
Siblings
Invictus
New Street Law
Back
W.E.
Wetherby
The Cazalets
Madson
Trust
Jackie
Boss Cat
Underbelly
All About George
Byron
The House of Mirth
The Ice House