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Penny Downie
Actor

Penny Downie

1954Queensland, Australia23 Movies28 TV Shows

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

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23 titles
The Jester from Transylvania
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Mrs. Pennington

The Jester from Transylvania

2024
Breathe
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Tid
7.4

Breathe

2017
Jackie
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Janet Lee
6.5

Jackie

2016
London Has Fallen
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Home Secretary Rose Kenter
6.2

London Has Fallen

2016
W.E.
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Dr. Vargas
6.3

W.E.

2011
Hamlet
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Gertrude
7.3

Hamlet

2009
Invictus
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Mrs. Pienaar
7.2

Invictus

2009
All About George
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Evelyn

All About George

2005
The Girl in the Café
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Ruth
7.0

The Girl in the Café

2005
Falling
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Hazel Kent
7.2

Falling

2005
Murder in Rome
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Caecilia
7.0

Murder in Rome

2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
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Judith Massingham
6.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004
Byron
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Lady Judith Milbanke
4.3

Byron

2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
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Self - Narrator

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

2003
The House of Mirth
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Judy Trenor
6.2

The House of Mirth

2000
Lost for Words
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Aileen Longden
7.0

Lost for Words

1999
Crime and Punishment
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Katerina
6.5

Crime and Punishment

1998
Food of Love
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Mary
3.0

Food of Love

1997
Paradise
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Linda

Paradise

1994
Ex
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Sheila

Ex

1991
Lionheart
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Madelaine
5.4

Lionheart

1987
Wetherby
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Chrissie
6.0

Wetherby

1985
Crosstalk
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Cindy
4.7

Crosstalk

1982
Television

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28 titles
The Diplomat
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Frances Munning
7.6

The Diplomat

2023
The Chelsea Detective
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Hilary Carmichael
6.3

The Chelsea Detective

2022
Whitstable Pearl
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Izzy
6.6

Whitstable Pearl

2021
Absentia
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Valerie Chandris
7.3

Absentia

2017
Back
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Ellen
7.3

Back

2017
The Crown
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Duchess of Gloucester
8.2

The Crown

2016
Houdini & Doyle
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Mrs. Sulzbach
6.5

Houdini & Doyle

2016
Father Brown
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Rev. Mother Augustine
7.6

Father Brown

2013
Ripper Street
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Flora Gable
7.4

Ripper Street

2012
Vera
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Veronica
7.5

Vera

2011
Silk
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Helen Guthrie
7.5

Silk

2011
Downton Abbey
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Lady Sinderby
8.1

Downton Abbey

2010
New Street Law
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Honor Scammel
6.6

New Street Law

2006
All About George
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Evelyn

All About George

2005
Byron
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Lady Judith Milbanke
5.0

Byron

2003
Spooks
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Prosecution QC
7.7

Spooks

2002
The Cazalets
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Sid
8.5

The Cazalets

2001
Waking the Dead
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Bonnie Yorke
7.2

Waking the Dead

2001
The Ice House
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Phoebe Maybury
6.1

The Ice House

1997
Madson
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Anderton
6.5

Madson

1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
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Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
7.0

Kavanagh Q.C.

1995
Stanley and the Women
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Susan Duke
6.0

Stanley and the Women

1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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Frances Cloade
8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989
A Taste for Death
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Kate Miskin
4.8

A Taste for Death

1988
Inspector Morse
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Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
7.9

Inspector Morse

1987
Dalgliesh
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Kate Miskin
6.9

Dalgliesh

1983
Timewatch
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Caecilia
6.9

Timewatch

1982
Minder
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Dee Rogers
6.8

Minder

1979