Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1954 (age 72)
Place of Birth
Queensland, Australia
Penny Downie
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 - Movies
Known For - TV Shows
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Frances Cloade
The Crown
as Duchess of Gloucester
Father Brown
as Rev. Mother Augustine
Vera
as Veronica
Downton Abbey
as Lady Sinderby
Minder
as Dee Rogers
Spooks
as Prosecution QC
Absentia
as Valerie Chandris
Inspector Morse
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Waking the Dead
as Bonnie Yorke