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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 Netflix political thriller series The Diplomat.
Penny Downie was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[citation needed]
She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney. Downie was a student of theatre director Joan Whalley. [citation needed]
Downie began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre.[citation needed]
After graduation she appeared in Australian TV series such as The Box, Bellbird, The Sullivans, Prisoner, and Learned Friends.[citation needed]
She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s. In 1984 she appeared as Dee Rogers in the Minder episode "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On". Her many UK TV credits include Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Spooks, and New Tricks. She also appeared in The Girl in the Cafe.[citation needed]
In 2009, she played Mrs. Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood film Invictus.[citation needed]
In 2013, she appeared as Rev Mother Augustine in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ". In 2014, Downie starred in an episode of Suspects as Fiona Sullivan, and appeared as Lady Sinderby, mother of Atticus Aldridge, in series five of Downton Abbey.
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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 Netflix political thriller series The Diplomat.
Penny Downie was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[citation needed]
She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney. Downie was a student of theatre director Joan Whalley. [citation needed]
Downie began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre.[citation needed]
After graduation she appeared in Australian TV series such as The Box, Bellbird, The Sullivans, Prisoner, and Learned Friends.[citation needed]
She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s. In 1984 she appeared as Dee Rogers in the Minder episode "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On". Her many UK TV credits include Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Spooks, and New Tricks. She also appeared in The Girl in the Cafe.[citation needed]
In 2009, she played Mrs. Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood film Invictus.[citation needed]
In 2013, she appeared as Rev Mother Augustine in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ". In 2014, Downie starred in an episode of Suspects as Fiona Sullivan, and appeared as Lady Sinderby, mother of Atticus Aldridge, in series five of Downton Abbey.