Penny Downie

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Biography

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.

Credits

Television

Production Character Director Company
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

Production Character Director Company
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

Film

Production Character Director Company
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

Radio

Production Character Director Company
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

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