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.
Known For
The Crown
Duchess of Gloucester
The Diplomat
Frances Munning
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Frances Cloade
Father Brown
Rev. Mother Augustine
Vera
Veronica
Downton Abbey
Lady Sinderby
Spooks
Prosecution QC
Minder
Dee Rogers
Waking the Dead
Bonnie Yorke
Inspector Morse
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Absentia
Valerie Chandris