About
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.
Filmography
Boss Cat2026 · Doris
The Jester from Transylvania2024 · Mrs. Pennington
Breathe2017 · Tid
Jackie2016 · Janet Lee
London Has Fallen2016 · Home Secretary Rose Kenter
W.E.2011 · Dr. Vargas
Hamlet2009 · Gertrude
Invictus2009 · Mrs. Pienaar
All About George2005 · Evelyn
The Girl in the Café2005 · Ruth
Falling2005 · Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome2005 · Caecilia
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking2004 · Judith Massingham
Byron2003 · Lady Judith Milbanke
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind2003 · Self - Narrator
The House of Mirth2000 · Judy Trenor
Lost for Words1999 · Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment1998 · Katerina
Food of Love1997 · Mary
Paradise1994 · Linda