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Penny Downie

Acting

January 1, 1954 (72)

Queensland, Australia

23 movies

5.7 avg

1

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.

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Breathe

Breathe

as Tid

Hamlet

Hamlet

as Gertrude

Invictus

Invictus

as Mrs. Pienaar

Filmography

2020s

2 films

Boss Cat

Boss Cat

as Doris

The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

as Mrs. Pennington

2010s

4 films

Breathe

Breathe

as Tid

Jackie

Jackie

The Girl in the Café

7

The Girl in the Café

as Ruth

Jackie

Jackie

as Janet Lee

as Janet Lee

2016

6.5

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter

W.E.

W.E.

as Dr. Vargas

2000s

9 films

Hamlet

Hamlet

as Gertrude

Invictus

Invictus

as Mrs. Pienaar

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

as Ruth

Falling

Falling

as Hazel Kent

Murder in Rome

Murder in Rome

as Caecilia

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

as Judith Massingham

Byron

Byron

as Lady Judith Milbanke

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

as Self - Narrator

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

as Judy Trenor

1990s

5 films

Lost for Words

Lost for Words

as Aileen Longden

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

as Katerina

Food of Love

Food of Love

as Mary

Paradise

Paradise

as Linda

Ex

as Sheila

1980s

3 films

Lionheart

Lionheart

as Madelaine

Wetherby

Wetherby

as Chrissie

Crosstalk

Crosstalk

as Cindy

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