Actor

Penny Downie

Birthday: January 1, 1954

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

The Jester from Transylvania (2024) as Mrs. Pennington
Age: 70
Breathe (2017) as Tid
Age: 63
Jackie (2016) as Janet Lee
Age: 62
London Has Fallen (2016) as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Age: 62
W.E. (2011) as Dr. Vargas
Age: 57
Hamlet (2009) as Gertrude
Age: 55
Invictus (2009) as Mrs. Pienaar
Age: 55
All About George (2005) as Evelyn
Age: 51
The Girl in the Café (2005) as Ruth
Age: 51
Falling (2005) as Hazel Kent
Age: 51
Murder in Rome (2005) as Caecilia
Age: 51
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) as Judith Massingham
Age: 50
Byron (2003) as Lady Judith Milbanke
Age: 49
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind (2003) as Self - Narrator
Age: 49
The House of Mirth (2000) as Judy Trenor
Age: 46
Lost for Words (1999) as Aileen Longden
Age: 45
Crime and Punishment (1998) as Katerina
Age: 44
Food of Love (1997) as Mary
Age: 43
Paradise (1994) as Linda
Age: 40
Ex (1991) as Sheila
Age: 37
Lionheart (1987) as Madelaine
Age: 33
Wetherby (1985) as Chrissie
Age: 31
Crosstalk (1982) as Cindy
Age: 28