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Penny Downie
Acting
🎂 January 1, 1954 · 72📍 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.
BODY OF WORK
Penny Downie's Filmography
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Boss Cat
2026
as Doris
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The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Mrs. Pennington
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Breathe
2017⭐ 7.4
as Tid
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Jackie
2016⭐ 6.5
as Janet Lee
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London Has Fallen
2016⭐ 6.2
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
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W.E.
2011⭐ 6.3
as Dr. Vargas
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Hamlet
2009⭐ 7.3
as Gertrude
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Invictus
2009⭐ 7.2
as Mrs. Pienaar
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The Girl in the Café
2005⭐ 7.0
as Ruth
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Falling
2005⭐ 7.9
as Hazel Kent
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Murder in Rome
2005⭐ 7.0
as Caecilia
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004⭐ 6.4
as Judith Massingham
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Byron
2003⭐ 4.8
as Lady Judith Milbanke
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Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003⭐ 8.0
as Self - Narrator
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The House of Mirth
2000⭐ 6.3
as Judy Trenor
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Lost for Words
1999⭐ 6.5
as Aileen Longden
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Crime and Punishment
1998⭐ 6.5
as Katerina
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Food of Love
1997⭐ 4.0
as Mary
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Paradise
1994
as Linda
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Ex
1991⭐ 10.0
as Sheila
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Lionheart
1987⭐ 5.6
as Madelaine
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Wetherby
1985⭐ 6.0
as Chrissie
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Crosstalk
1982⭐ 5.2
as Cindy
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Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee
TBA
as Iris (voice)