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Penny Downie
Born: 1954-01-01 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.
Rated Filmography (20)
Sorted by Score10.0
Ex
1991
8.0
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
7.9
Falling
2005
7.4
Breathe
2017
7.3
Hamlet
2009
7.2
Invictus
2009
7.0
The Girl in the Café
2005
7.0
Murder in Rome
2005
6.5
Lost for Words
1999
6.5
Crime and Punishment
1998
6.5
Jackie
2016
6.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
6.3
The House of Mirth
2000
6.3
W.E.
2011
6.2
London Has Fallen
2016
6.0
Wetherby
1985
5.6
Lionheart
1987
5.3
Crosstalk
1982
4.8
Byron
2003
4.0
Food of Love
1997