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Penny Downie | |
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| Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Penny Downie is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom.
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Penny Downie | |
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| Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Penny Downie is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom.
Downie began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. Downie was a student of theatre director, Joan Whalley. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney.[ citation needed ]
After graduation she appeared in Australian TV series such as The Box , Bellbird , The Sullivans , Prisoner , and Learned Friends .
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 .
In 2009, she played Mrs. Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood film Invictus .
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 . [1]
She is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. where she has played roles such as Lady Anne in Richard III in the 1984 production featuring Antony Sher in the lead, and Hermione and Perdita in The Winter's Tale . She appeared in the premiere of Nick Dear's play The Art of Success in Stratford in 1986 and later at the Barbican Theatre, London, alongside Michael Kitchen and Simon Russell Beale. [2]
In 2008, she played opposite David Tennant and Patrick Stewart as Gertrude, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet which was subsequently adapted for BBC television and aired in late 2009. [3] [4] Downie played the title character in Euripides' Helen at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 2009.
Downie played the title role in A Storm in a Flower Vase, a play based on the life of Constance Spry, which held its West End debut at the Arts Theatre. [5]
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Type |
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| 1982 | Crosstalk | Cindy | Feature film |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Chrissie | Feature film, UK |
| 1987 | Lionheart | Madelaine | Feature film US/Hungary |
| 1997 | Food of Love | Mary | Feature film, UK/France |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Judy Trenor | Feature film UK/France/Germany/US |
| 2009 | Invictus | Mrs. Pienaar | Feature film, US |
| 2011 | W.E. | Dr. Vargas | Feature film, UK |
| 2013 | Girl on a Bicycle | Margaret | Feature film Germany/France |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Home Secretary Rose Kenter | Feature film US/UK/Bulgaria |
| 2016 | Jackie | Janet Lee | Feature film US/UK/France/Chile/Germany |
| 2017 | Breathe | Tid | Feature film, UK |
| 2020 | The Jester from Transylvania | Mrs. Pennington | Feature film, UK |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-1977 | Bellbird | Recurring role: Kelly Jamison | ABC TV series, 71 episodes |
| 1977 | The Box | Recurring Guest role: Ronnie Heatherton | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Skyways | Guest role: Miranda | TV series, 1 episode: "George And The Hooker" |
| 1979-1980 | Cop Shop | Guest roles: Sherry Raymond / Wendy Green / Gillian Croft | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1980 | Prisoner | Recurring role: Kerry Vincent | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1981 | Punishment | Guest role | TV series |
| 1982 | The Sullivans | Guest role: Patty Spencer Sullivan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1983 | Learned Friends | Regular role | ABC TV series |
| 1984 | Minder | Dee Rogers | TV series UK, 1 episode: "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On" |
| 1986 | C.A.T.S Eyes | Guest role: Barbara Dashley | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Powerline" |
| The Story of English | Herself - Self / Titania | TV miniseries UK, 1 episode | |
| Refuse to Dance: The Theatre of Howard Barker | Herself | TV documentary, UK | |
| 1988 | Campaign | Regular role: Sarah Copeland | TV miniseries UK, 6 episodes |
| A Taste for Death | Regular role: Inspector Kate Miskin | TV miniseries UK, 6 episodes | |
| 1991 | Screen One | Guest role: Sheila | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Ex") |
| Stanley and the Women | Regular role: Susan Duke | TV miniseries UK, 4 episodes | |
| 1992 | Underbelly | Recurring role: Barbara Manning | TV series UK, 4 episodes |
| 1993 | Inspector Morse | Guest role: Nurse Wendy Hazlitt | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Deadly Slumber" |
| 1994 | Stages | Guest role: Linda | TV series UK, 1 episode |
| 1995 | The Governor | Guest role: Christina Knatchbull | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.4" |
| 1996 | Madson | Anderton | TV series UK, 1 episode 6: "Episode 6" |
| 1997 | The Ice House | Recurring role: Phoebe Maybury | TV miniseries UK, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | A Certain Justice | Guest role: Venetia Aldridge | TV series, 1 episode |
| Crime and Punishment | Katerina | TV movie, US | |
| 1999 | Lost for Words | Aileen Longden | TV movie, UK |
| Kavanagh QC | Guest role: Mrs. Rosalind McEnery | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Previous Convictions" | |
| Stagestruck: Gay Theatre in the 20th Century | Herself | TV series UK, 3 episodes | |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Recurring role: Margot "Sid" Sidney | TV series UK, 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Trust | Guest role: Anita Matteo | TV miniseries UK, 1 episode: "Spilt Milk" |
| Byron | Lady Judith Milbanke | TV movie, UK | |
| 2004 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Guest role: Dr. Tessa Jellicoe | TV series UK, 1 episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" |
| Spooks | Guest role: Prosecution QC | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #3.6" (uncredited) | |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | Recurring role: Judith Massingham | TV movie, UK/US | |
| 2005 | Timewatch | Caecilia | TV series documentary UK, 1 episode: "Murder In Rome" |
| Falling | Hazel | TV movie, UK | |
| The Girl in the Café | Ruth | TV movie, UK/US | |
| Murder in Suburbia | Guest role: Zenith | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Golden Oldies" | |
| All About George | Regular role: Evelyn | TV series UK, 6 episodes | |
| Trial & Retribution | Guest role: Mrs Thorpe | TV series UK, 1 episode: "The Lovers: Part 1" | |
| Murder in Rome | Caecilia | TV movie, UK | |
| 2006 | Judge John Deed | Guest role: Moira Blackthorn | TV series UK, 1 episode: "My Daughter, Right or Wrong" |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Guest role: Frances Cloade | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Taken at the Flood" | |
| New Street Law | Honor Scammell / Honor Scammel | TV series UK, 14 episodes: 2006–2007 | |
| 2007 | The Commander: Fraudster | Jane Griffith | TV movie, UK |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Diane King | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Communal Living" |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Gertrude | TV movie, UK/US/Japan |
| 2010;2014 | Doctors | Jessica Boyd / Maisie Padkin | TV series UK, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Waking the Dead | Recurring role: Bonnie Yorke | TV series UK, 2 episodes: "Solidarity" |
| Silk | Guest role: Helen Guthrie | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.6" | |
| The Shadow Line | Guest role: Caroline Monroe | TV mini-series UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.4" | |
| Law & Order: UK | Recurring role: Rachel Mathesson | TV series UK, 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Vera | Guest role: Veronica | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Silent Voices" |
| Threesome | Guest role: Judge | TV series UK, 1 episode: "I Don't" | |
| 2013 | Ripper Street | Guest role: Flora Gable | TV series UK/IRELAND, 1 episode: "The King Came Calling" |
| Father Brown | Guest role: Rev Mother Augustine | TV series UK, 1 episode: "The Bride of Christ" | |
| Silent Witness | Guest role: Anne Percival | TV series UK, 1 episode: "True Love Waits: Part 2" | |
| Breathless | Recurring role: Penny | TV series UK, 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Suspects | Guest role: Fiona Sullivan | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Alone" |
| Siblings | Guest role: Dr. Barker (as Pennie Downie) | TV series UK, 1 episode: "Intern School" | |
| Downton Abbey | Recurring role: Lady Sinderby | TV series UK, 4 episodes | |
| 2016 | Houdini and Doyle | Recurring role: Mrs. Sulzbach | TV miniseries UK/Canada, 1 episode |
| The Secret Agent | Recurring role: Lady Blackwood | TV miniseries UK, 3 episodes | |
| 2017-2021 | Back | Regular role: Ellen | TV series UK, 12 episodes |
| 2019 | The Lovecraft Investigations | Barbara | Podcast series UK, 1 episode |
| Absentia | Recurring role: Valerie Chandris | TV series US/Israel, 3 episodes | |
| 2019-2020 | The Crown | Recurring role: Alice, Duchess of Gloucester | TV series UK, 9 episodes |
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