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Penny Downie

Penny Downie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

01/01/1954

Age

71 years old

Place of Birth

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

The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

Breathe

Breathe

Jackie

Jackie

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

W.E.

W.E.

Hamlet

Hamlet

Invictus

Invictus

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

Falling

Falling

Murder in Rome

Murder in Rome

Filmography

Cast

2020

The Jester from Transylvania

as Mrs. Pennington

2017

Breathe

as Tid

2016

Jackie

as Janet Lee

2016

London Has Fallen

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter

2011

W.E.

as Dr. Vargas

2009

Hamlet

as Gertrude

2009

Invictus

as Mrs. Pienaar

2005

The Girl in the Café

as Ruth

2005

Falling

as Hazel Kent

2005

Murder in Rome

as Caecilia

2004

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk...

as Judith Massingham

2003

Byron

as Lady Judith Milbanke

2003

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Min...

as Self - Narrator

2000

The House of Mirth

as Judy Trenor

1999

Lost for Words

as Aileen Longden

1998

Crime and Punishment

as Katerina

1998

A Certain Justice

as Venetia Aldridge

1997

Food of Love

as Mary

1994

Paradise

as Linda

1991

Ex

as Sheila

1987

Lionheart

as Madelaine

1985

Wetherby

as Chrissie

1982

Crosstalk

as Cindy