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Penny Downie

Penny Downie

Acting Born: January 1, 1954 • 72 years old • 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.

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Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Frances Cloade

The Crown

The Crown

as Duchess of Gloucester

Minder

Minder

as Dee Rogers

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

as Lady Sinderby

Vera

Vera

as Veronica

Father Brown

Father Brown

as Rev. Mother Augustine

Absentia

Absentia

as Valerie Chandris

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as Bonnie Yorke

Spooks

Spooks

as Prosecution QC

The Diplomat

The Diplomat

as Frances Munning

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt

Ripper Street

Ripper Street

as Flora Gable

Timewatch

Timewatch

as Caecilia

The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

as Hilary Carmichael

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter

Silk

Silk

as Helen Guthrie

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Kate Miskin

Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

as Mrs. Sulzbach

Whitstable Pearl

Whitstable Pearl

as Izzy