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Penny Downie

b. 1954 · 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.

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1 title

The Diplomat

Frances Munning 2023

Other notable work

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London Has Fallen

Home Secretary Rose Kenter 2016
Invictus

Mrs. Pienaar 2009
Jackie

Janet Lee 2016
The Crown

Duchess of Gloucester 2016
Downton Abbey

Lady Sinderby 2010
Breathe

Tid 2017
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Frances Cloade 1989
Absentia

Valerie Chandris 2017
W.E.

Dr. Vargas 2011
Ripper Street

Flora Gable 2012

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