Portrait of Penny Downie

Acting

Penny Downie

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 2005 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Back
Back
GoodWatch score83/100

Characters

2

The characters Penny Downie played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Penny Downie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Dialogue-Heavy 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee
Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee

as Iris (voice)

2020s

5 titles · average score 69
Boss Cat
Boss Cat (2026)

as Doris

The Jester from Transylvania
The Jester from Transylvania (2024)

as Mrs. Pennington

The Diplomat
The Diplomat (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Frances Munning

The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Hilary Carmichael

Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Izzy

2010s

14 titles · average score 67
Back
Back (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Ellen

Absentia
Absentia (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Valerie Chandris

Breathe
Breathe (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tid

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Duchess of Gloucester

London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen (2016)
GoodWatch score 41

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter

Jackie
Jackie (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

as Janet Lee

Houdini & Doyle
Houdini & Doyle (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Mrs. Sulzbach

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rev. Mother Augustine

Ripper Street
Ripper Street (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Flora Gable

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Veronica

Silk
Silk (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Helen Guthrie

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Lady Sinderby

2000s

16 titles · average score 66
Hamlet
Hamlet (2009)
GoodWatch score 76

as Gertrude

Invictus
Invictus (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Pienaar

New Street Law
New Street Law (2006)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Honor Scammel

The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ruth

All About George
All About George (2005)

TV show · as Evelyn

Falling
Falling (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

as Hazel Kent

Murder in Rome
Murder in Rome (2005)

as Caecilia

Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Zenith

Byron
Byron (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Lady Judith Milbanke

Spooks
Spooks (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Prosecution QC

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Bonnie Yorke

The Cazalets
The Cazalets (2001)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Sid

1990s

12 titles · average score 69
Lost for Words
Lost for Words (1999)
GoodWatch score 80

as Aileen Longden

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (1998)
GoodWatch score 53

as Katerina

A Certain Justice
A Certain Justice (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Venetia Aldridge

The Ice House
The Ice House (1997)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Phoebe Maybury

Food of Love
Food of Love (1997)

as Mary

Madson
Madson (1996)

TV show · as Anderton

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery

Stages
Stages (1994)

TV show · as Linda

Paradise
Paradise (1994)

as Linda

Underbelly
Underbelly (1992)

TV show · as Barbara Manning

Stanley and the Women
Stanley and the Women (1991)

TV show · as Susan Duke

Ex
Ex (1991)

as Sheila

1980s

10 titles · average score 70
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Frances Cloade

Screen One
Screen One (1989)

TV show · as Sheila

Campaign
Campaign (1988)

TV show · as Sarah Copeland

A Taste for Death
A Taste for Death (1988)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Kate Miskin

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt

Lionheart
Lionheart (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

as Madelaine

Wetherby
Wetherby (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

as Chrissie

Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh (1983)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Kate Miskin

Crosstalk
Crosstalk (1982)

as Cindy

Timewatch
Timewatch (1982)

TV show · as Caecilia

1970s

1 title · average score 75
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Dee Rogers