Penny Downie

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.

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TV Series

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

7.845
New Street Law

New Street Law

6.625
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.163
The Cazalets

The Cazalets

8.5
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

7.5
Vera

Vera

7.457
Timewatch

Timewatch

6.9
Minder

Minder

6.833
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.545
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2
Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

8.1
Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

6.75
Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

6.523
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

7.417
All About George

All About George

0
Back

Back

7.302
Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women

6
Byron

Byron

5
The Ice House

The Ice House

6.4
Spooks

Spooks

7.67
A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death

5.4
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

6.9
The Crown

The Crown

8.205
Absentia

Absentia

7.3
The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

6.255

Movies

The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

7.145
Hamlet

Hamlet

7.3
Ex

Ex

0
Falling

Falling

7.167
A Certain Justice

A Certain Justice

5.5
Lost for Words

Lost for Words

7
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

6.462
Paradise

Paradise

0
Murder in Rome

Murder in Rome

7
Byron

Byron

4.6
Crosstalk

Crosstalk

4.6
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

6.218
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

6.2
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

0
Invictus

Invictus

7.183
Wetherby

Wetherby

6
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

6.4
Jackie

Jackie

6.5
Lionheart

Lionheart

5.469
Food of Love

Food of Love

3.5
W.E.

W.E.

6.348
Breathe

Breathe

7.447
The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

6