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BornJanuary 1, 1954 (age 72)
Place of birthQueensland, Australia
Film credits23
Penny Downie
AliveKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
Boss Cat
2026
as Doris
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Mrs. Pennington
Breathe
2017
as Tid
Jackie
2016
as Janet Lee
London Has Fallen
2016
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
W.E.
2011
as Dr. Vargas
Hamlet
2009
as Gertrude
Invictus
2009
as Mrs. Pienaar
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Ruth
Falling
2005
as Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome
2005
as Caecilia
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
as Judith Massingham
Byron
2003
as Lady Judith Milbanke
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
as Self - Narrator
The House of Mirth
2000
as Judy Trenor
Lost for Words
1999
as Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment
1998
as Katerina
Food of Love
1997
as Mary
Paradise
1994
as Linda
Ex
1991
as Sheila
Lionheart
1987
as Madelaine
Wetherby
1985
as Chrissie
Crosstalk
1982
as Cindy