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

7.8
New Street Law

New Street Law

6.625
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.156
The Cazalets

The Cazalets

8.5
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

7.539
Vera

Vera

7.4
Timewatch

Timewatch

6.9
Minder

Minder

6.8
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.5
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.244
Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

8.107
Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

7
Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

6.5
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

7.401
All About George

All About George

0
Back

Back

7.3
Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women

6
Byron

Byron

5
The Ice House

The Ice House

6.4
Spooks

Spooks

7.6
A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death

4.7
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

6.9
The Crown

The Crown

8.206
Absentia

Absentia

7.299
The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

6.229

Movies

Hamlet

Hamlet

7.3
The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

7.145
Ex

Ex

0
Falling

Falling

6.8
A Certain Justice

A Certain Justice

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

6.224
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

6.214
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

0
Invictus

Invictus

7.181
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

6.454
Lionheart

Lionheart

5.2
Food of Love

Food of Love

3.5
W.E.

W.E.

6.3
Breathe

Breathe

7.442
The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

6