Acting
Penny Downie
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
Film · 2026
The Jester from Transylvania
Film · 2024
The Diplomat
Series · 2023
The Chelsea Detective
Series · 2022
Whitstable Pearl
Series · 2021
Breathe
Film · 2017
Back
Series · 2017
Absentia
Series · 2017
London Has Fallen
Film · 2016
Jackie
Film · 2016
Houdini & Doyle
Series · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Siblings
Series · 2014
Father Brown
Series · 2013
Ripper Street
Series · 2012
W.E.
Film · 2011
Vera
Series · 2011
Silk
Series · 2011
Downton Abbey
Series · 2010
Hamlet
Film · 2009
Invictus
Film · 2009
New Street Law
Series · 2006
The Girl in the Café
Film · 2005
Falling
Film · 2005
Murder in Rome
Film · 2005
All About George
Series · 2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Film · 2004
Murder in Suburbia
Series · 2004
Byron
Film · 2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Film · 2003
Byron
Series · 2003
Trust
Series · 2003
Spooks
Series · 2002
The Cazalets
Series · 2001
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
The House of Mirth
Film · 2000
Lost for Words
Film · 1999
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1998
A Certain Justice
Series · 1998
Food of Love
Film · 1997
The Ice House
Series · 1997
Madson
Series · 1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
Series · 1995
Paradise
Film · 1994
Stages
Series · 1994
Underbelly
Series · 1992
Ex
Film · 1991
Stanley and the Women
Series · 1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
A Taste for Death
Series · 1988
Campaign
Series · 1988
Lionheart
Film · 1987
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
Wetherby
Film · 1985
Dalgliesh
Series · 1983
Crosstalk
Film · 1982
Timewatch
Series · 1982
Minder
Series · 1979
Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee
Film