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.
Filmography
The Jester from Transylvania
Breathe
Jackie
London Has Fallen
W.E.
Hamlet
Invictus
All About George
The Girl in the Café
Falling
Murder in Rome
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Byron
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
The House of Mirth
Lost for Words
Crime and Punishment
Food of Love
Paradise
Ex
Lionheart
Wetherby
Crosstalk