Penny Downie

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Acting

Agent: Dallas Smith
Associate Agent: Alexandra Rae
Assistant: Luke Bridgeman
Assistant: Emma Collier

Voiceover

Assistant: Amber Hill
Associate Agent: Jennifer Karniely

Acting

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
1991 OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION for BEST ACTRESS - Scenes From A Marriage
1994 GLOBE CLASSIC AWARD WINNER for BEST ACTRESS - Merchant Of Venice (RSC)
2009 EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS NOMINATION for BEST ACTRESS - Helen
 
Penny is an Associate Artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Film

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

BREATHE

Tid

Andy Serkis

Responaunt Productions

THE JESTER FROM TRANSLYVANIA

Mrs Pennington

Adrian Popvici

Arts Film

JACKIE

Janet Lee

Pablo Larrian

Why Not Productions

LONDON HAS FALLEN

Rose Kenter

Babak Najafi

LHF Films

GIRL ON A BICYCLE

Margaret

Jeremy Leven

Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

W.E.

Dr Joyce Vargas

Madonna

90210 Films Ltd

INVICTUS

Mrs. Pienaar

Clint Eastwood

Warner Bros

HOUSE OF MIRTH

Judy Trenor

Terence Davis

Three Rivers

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Katerine

Joe Sargeant

Hallmark

FOOD OF LOVE

Mary

Stephen Poliakoff

Intrinsica Films

LIONHEART

Madelaine

Franklin Shaffner

Talia Films

WETHERBY

Chrissie

David Hare

Greenpoint

CROSS TALK

Cindy

Mark Edgeton

New South Wales Film Corporation

AROUND THE BEND

Ann Whitehead

Television

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

The Countess

Sam Miller, Sarah O'Gorman

Paramount +

THE DIPLOMAT

Frances Munning

Various

Netflix

THE CROWN SERIES 4

Duchess of Gloucester

Various

Leftbank/Netflix

ABSENTIA SERIES 2

Valerie Chandris

Oded Ruskin

Masha Productions

THE CROWN SERIES 3

Duchess of Gloucester

Various

Left Bank Pictures / Netflix

BACK

Ellen

Various

Big Talk Productions

THE SECRET AGENT

Lady Blackwood

Charles McDougall

BBC

HOUDINI AND DOYLE

Mrs Sulzbach

Various

Big Talk Productions

SUSPECTS

Fiona Sullivan

John Hardwick

Newman Street

DOWNTON ABBEY S5

Lady Sinderby

Various

Carnival/ ITV

SIBLINGS

Dr Barker

Dan Zeff

Bwark Productions

DOCTORS

Jessica Boyd

Matt Carter

BBC

BREATHLESS

Penny

Phillipa Langdale

ITV

RIPPER STREET

Flora

Andy Wilson

BBC

SILENT WITNESS

Anne Percival

Thaddeus O'Sullivan

BBC

FATHER BROWN

Reverend Mother Augustine

Ian Barber

BBC

THREESOME

Judge Taylor Hewitt

Ian Fitzgibbon

Big Talk

VERA

Veronica

Paul Whittington

ITV Studios

LAW & ORDER UK

Rachel Matheson

Matt King

Kudos/ITV

SILK

Helen Guthrie

Various

BBC

WAKING THE DEAD

Bonnie

Various

BBC

THE SHADOW LINE

McClure

Hugo Blick

Company Pictures

DOCTORS

Maisie Padkin

Niall Fraser

BBC

NEW TRICKS

Diane King

Dermot Boyd

Wall to Wall

THE COMMANDER

Jane Griffith

David Caffrey

La Plante Productions

NEW STREET LAW- SERIES 1&2

Honor Scammell (regular)

Various

Red Productions

POIROT:TAKEN AT THE FLOOD

Frances Cloade

Andy Wilson

Granada

JUDGE JOHN DEED

Moira Blackthorn

Tristram Powell

BBC

TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION

Mrs Thorpe

Tristram Powell

La Plante Productions

ALL ABOUT GEORGE

Evelyn

Various

Granada

THE GIRL IN THE CAFE

Ruth

David Yates

Tightrope Pictures

IT HAPPENS

Evelyn

ITV

FALLING

Hazel

Tristram Powell

YTV

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Judith Massingham

Simon Cellan Jones

BBC

MURDER IN ROME

Caecilia

David Stewart

BBC

SPOOKS 3

Prosecution QC

Justin Chadwick

Kudos

INSPECTOR LYNLEY

Dr Tessa Jellicoe

Alrick Riley

ITV

MINDER

Dee Rogers

Terry Green

Euston Films

BYRON

Lady Judith Millbanke

Ruth Baumgarten

BBC TV

TRUST

Anita

Philippa Langdale

Box TV

LOST FOR WORDS

Aileen

Alan JW Bell

YTV

KAVANAGH QC

Rosalind McEnery

Tristram Powell

Carlton

THE CAZALETS

Sid

Suri Krishnama

BBC TV

A CERTAIN JUSTICE

Venetia Aldridge

Ross Devenish

YTV

THE ICE HOUSE

Phoebe

Tim Fywell

BBC

MADSON

Anderton

Rob Walker

BBC TV

THE GOVERNOR

Christina

Alan Dosser

La Plante Productions

PARADISE

Linda

Indra Bhose

BBC

INSPECTOR MORSE

Nurse Wendy Hazlitt

Stuart Orme

Zenith

UNDERBELLY

Nick Renton

BBC

STANLEY AND THE WOMEN

Chris Burt

Central

EX

Sheila

Paul Seed

Talkback

A TASTE FOR DEATH

Kate Miskin

John Davies

Anglia

CAMPAIGN

Sarah Copeland

Brian Farnham

BBC

SURVIVOR - JUNGLE

Mother

JP Davison

HTV

Stage

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

THE LODGER

Esther

Geraldine Alexander

The Coronet Theatre

GHOSTS

Helen Alving

Mike Poulton

Royal & Derngate

RABBIT HOLE

Nat

Edward Hall

Hampstead Theatre

STORM IN A FLOWER VASE

Constance Spry

Alan Strachan

Arts Theatre

THE FAIRY QUEEN

Titania

Jonathan Kent

Glyndebourne

JUDGMENT DAY

Irena

James Dacre

The Print Room

BUTLEY

Edna

Lindsey Posner

Duchess Theatre

A MAP OF THE WORLD

David Hare

Sydney Theatreco World Premiere

A WINTERS TALE

Hermione/Perdita

Terry Hands

RSC

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

Katherine

Trevor Nunn

Royal National

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

Lady Chiltern

Peter Hall

Haymarket/Broadway

ART OF SUCCESS

Sarah Sprackling

Adrian Noble

RSC

BERLIN BERTIE

Alice

Danny Boyle

Royal Court

CRIMES IN HOT COUNTRIES

Susan Struggle

Bill Alexander

RSC

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

Paulina

Brian Stirner

Duke of Yorks

DINNER

Wynne

Fiona Bruffins

Royal National

DINNER

National Theatre/ Westend

DREAM PLAY

Agnes

John Barton

RSC

HAMLET

Gertrude

Greg Doran

RSC

HELEN

Helen

The Globe

HENRY V

Chorus

Nick Hytner

Royal National

MACBETH

Lady Macduff

Adrian Noble

RSC

MIDSUMMER NIGHT DREAM

Titania

Shelia Hancock

RSC

PENELOPIAD

Penelopiad

RSC

RICHARD III

Lady Ann

Bill Alexander

RSC

ROMEO AND JULIET

Lady Capulet

John Caird

RSC

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

Marianne

Rita Russek

Wyndhams

SLEEP WITH ME

Sophie

Antony Pate

Royal National

TANTALUS

Workshop

Peter Hall

Royal National

THE CASTLE

Ann

Nick Hamm

RSC

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Portia

David Thacker

RSC

THE PLANTAGENETS

Margaret of Anjou

Adrian Noble

RSC

THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA

Gina

Michael Attenborough

RSC

TODAY

Bill Alexander

RSC

ZENOBIA

Zenobia

Mike Ockrent

RSC at the Young Vic

Radio

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

BURMESE STORIES

BBC RADIO 4

JANE & THOM

Mrs Austen

BBC RADIO 4

ROCK AND ROLL

Eleanor

BBC RADIO 3

WHEN GREED BECOMES FEAR

Jay

BBC RADIO 4