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'''Penny Downie''' (born 1954) is an Australian actress, notedknown for her appearances onstage Britishand television. Sheappearances is also an accomplished stage actress with companies such asin the Royal ShakespeareUnited CompanyKingdom.
 
==ProfessionalCareer career==
SheDownie began her career in Australia, initially in [[Brisbane]] at [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] and [[Brisbane Arts Theatre]]. Downie was a student of noted theatre director, [[Joan Whalley]]. She trained at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA), Sydney. After graduation she appeared in TV series such as ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The BoxSydney]]'',.{{citation ''[[Bellbird (TV series)needed|Bellbird]]'',date=December ''[[The Sullivans]]'', ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' and ''[[Learned Friends]]''.2022}}
 
===TV and film===
She moved to the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. In 1984 when she appeared as Dee Rogers in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode "If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On". Other UK TV credits include: ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'', ''[[The Cazalets]]'', ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'', ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'', ''[[Trial & Retribution]]'', ''[[New Street Law]]'', ''[[Poirot]]'', ''The Ice House'',  ''[[Lost for Words (1999 film)|Lost for Words]]'' and  ''[[New Tricks]]''.
After graduation she appeared in Australian TV series such as ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The Box]]'', ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]'', ''[[The Sullivans]]'', ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', and ''[[Learned Friends]]''.
 
She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s. In 1984 she appeared as Dee Rogers in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode "[[List of Minder episodes#If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On|If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On]]". Her many UK TV credits include ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'', ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'', ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'', and ''[[New Tricks]]''. She also appeared in ''[[The Girl in the Cafe]]''.
She also appeared in ''[[The Girl in the Cafe]]'', alongside [[Bill Nighy]], [[Kelly Macdonald]] and [[Anton Lesser]].
 
In 2009, she played Mrs. Pienaar in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''.
She is also an accomplished stage actress. She is an associate artist of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] where she has played roles such as Lady Anne in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' alongside [[Antony Sher]], and [[Hermione (The Winter's Tale)|Hermione]] and [[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita]] in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''. She appeared in the premiere of [[Nick Dear]]'s play ''[[The Art of Success]]'' in [[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]] in 1986 and later at the [[Barbican Theatre]], London, alongside [[Michael Kitchen]] and [[Simon Russell Beale]].<ref>http://theatricalia.com/play/m1/the-art-of-success/production/24d retrieved 25 January 2014</ref>
 
In 2013, she appeared as Rev Mother Augustine in the ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' episode "The Bride of Christ". In 2014, Downie starred in an episode of ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]'' as Fiona Sullivan, and appeared as Lady Sinderby, mother of Atticus Aldridge, in series five of ''[[Downton Abbey]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://shows.stv.tv/downton-abbey/latest/288369-james-faulkner-penny-downie-and-catherine-steadman-for-downton-abbey/|title=STV programmes news and information}}</ref>
In 2008 she played opposite [[David Tennant]] and [[Patrick Stewart]] as [[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]], in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s production of ''[[Hamlet (2009 television film)|Hamlet]]'' which was subsequently adapted for BBC television and aired in late 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billen|first1=Andrew|title=Fit for a prince - Hamlet Production|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2008/08/hamlet-tennant-play-scene|accessdate=4 September 2014|work=New Statesman|date=21 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two - Hamlet|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pk71s|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=4 September 2014}}</ref> Downie played the title character in [[Euripides]]' ''[[Helen (play)|Helen]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe]] Theatre in 2009.
 
===Stage ===
In 2009 she played Mrs. Pienaar in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''.
She is an associate artist of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]. where she has played roles such as Lady Anne in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' in the 1984 production featuring [[Antony Sher]] in the lead, and [[Hermione (The Winter's Tale)|Hermione]] and [[Perdita (The Winter's Tale)|Perdita]] in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''. She appeared in the premiere of [[Nick Dear]]'s play ''[[The Art of Success]]'' in [[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]] in 1986 and later at the [[Barbican Theatre]], London, alongside [[Michael Kitchen]] and [[Simon Russell Beale]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theatricalia.com/play/m1/the-art-of-success/production/24d |title=Production of the Art of Success &#124; Theatricalia |website=theatricalia.com |access-date=25 January 2014}}</ref>
 
In 2008, she played opposite [[David Tennant]] and [[Patrick Stewart]] as [[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]], in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s production of ''[[Hamlet (2009 television film)|Hamlet]]'' which was subsequently adapted for BBC television and aired in late 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billen|first1=Andrew|title=Fit for a prince - Hamlet Production|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2008/08/hamlet-tennant-play-scene|access-date=4 September 2014|work=New Statesman|date=21 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two - Hamlet|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pk71s|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> Downie played the title character in [[Euripides]]' ''[[Helen (play)|Helen]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe]] Theatre in 2009.
In 2013 she appeared as Rev Mother Augustine in the ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' episode "The Bride of Christ". Downie also 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prendergast|first1=Lara|title=A Storm in a Flower Vase: Constance Spry spruces up centrestage|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/10303180/A-Storm-in-a-Flower-Vase-Constance-Spry-spruces-up-centrestage.html|accessdate=4 September 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=12 September 2013}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Prendergast| first1=Lara|title=A Storm in a Flower Vase: Constance Spry spruces up centrestage|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/10303180/A-Storm-in-a-Flower-Vase-Constance-Spry-spruces-up-centrestage.html|access-date=4 September 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=12 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2014, Downie starred in an episode of ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]'' as Fiona Sullivan, and appeared as Lady Sinderby, mother of Atticus Aldridge, in series five of ''[[Downton Abbey]]''.<ref>http://shows.stv.tv/downton-abbey/latest/288369-james-faulkner-penny-downie-and-catherine-steadman-for-downton-abbey/</ref>
 
==Filmography==
 
'''Film'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
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! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Type
! Notes
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Crosstalk (film)|Crosstalk]]'' || Cindy || Feature film
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]''
| Kelly Jamison
| TV series (unknown episodes: 1976-1977)
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Wetherby (film)|Wetherby]]'' || Chrissie || Feature film, UK
| ''{{sortname|The|Sullivans}}''
|-
| Patty Spencer Sullivan
| 1987 || ''[[Lionheart (1987 film)|Lionheart]]'' || Madelaine || Feature film US/Hungary
| TV series (unknown episodes)
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Food of Love (1997 film)|Food of Love]]'' || Mary || Feature film, UK/France
|-
| 2000 || ''{{sortname|The|House of Mirth|The House of Mirth (2000 film)}}'' || Judy Trenor || Feature film UK/France/Germany/US
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]'' || Mrs. Pienaar || Feature film, US
|-
| 2011 || | ''[[W.E.]]'' || Dr. Vargas || Feature film, UK
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Girl on a Bicycle (film)|Girl on a Bicycle]]'' || Margaret || Feature film Germany/France
|-
| 2016 || ''[[London Has Fallen]]'' || Home Secretary Rose Kenter || Feature film US/UK/Bulgaria
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|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'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Type
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1976-1977
| ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]''
| Recurring role: Kelly Jamison
| ABC TV series, 71 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| ''{{sortname|The|Box|The Box (Australian TV series)}}''
| Recurring Guest role: Ronnie Heatherton
| TV series, (2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]''
| Guest role: Miranda
| TV series, (1 episode: "George andAnd theThe Hooker")
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979-1980
| ''[[Cop Shop]]''
| Guest roles: Sherry Raymond / Wendy Green / Gillian Croft
| TV series, 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1980
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''
| Recurring role: Kerry Vincent
| TV series, (12 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="1"| 19821981
| ''[[Crosstalk (film)|CrosstalkPunishment]]''
| Guest role
| Cindy
| TV series
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1982
| ''{{sortname|The|Sullivans}}''
| Guest role: Patty Spencer Sullivan
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1983
| ''Learned Friends''
| Regular role
|
| ABC TV series (unknown episodes)
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1984
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Dee Rogers
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Minder episodes#If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On|If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On]]")
|-
| rowspan="13"| 19851986
| ''[[Wetherby (film)|Wetherby]]''
| Chrissie
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1986
| ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes|C.A.T.S Eyes]]''
| Guest role: Barbara Dashley
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[C.A.T.S. Eyes#Powerline|Powerline]]")
|-
| ''The Story of English''
| Herself - Self / Titania
| TV miniseries UK, 1 episode
|-
| ''Refuse to Dance: The Theatre of Howard Barker''
| rowspan="1"| 1987
| Herself
| ''[[Lionheart (1987 film)|Lionheart]]''
| TV documentary, UK
| Madelaine
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| ''Campaign''
| Regular role: Sarah Copeland
| TV mini-seriesminiseries UK, (6 episodes)
|-
| ''{{sortname|A|Taste for Death|A Taste for Death (P. D. James novel)}}''
| Regular role: Inspector Kate Miskin
| TV mini-seriesminiseries UK, (6 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| ''[[Screen One]]''
| Guest role: Sheila
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Screen One#Ex|Ex]]")
|-
| ''[[Stanley and the Women]]''
| Regular role: Susan Duke
| TV miniseries UK, 4 episodes
| TV mini-series
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1992
| ''Underbelly''
| Recurring role: Barbara Manning
| TV series (UK, 4 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1993
| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| Guest role: Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Deadly Slumber|Deadly Slumber]]")
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1994
| ''[[Stages (TV series)|Stages]]''
| ''Paradise''
| Guest role: Linda
| TV series UK, 1 episode
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1995
| ''{{sortname|The|Governor|The Governor (British TV series)}}''
| Guest role: Christina Knatchbull
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[The Governor (British TV series)#ep4|Episode #1.4]]")
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1996
| ''[[Madson (TV series)|Madson]]''
| Anderton
| TV series (UK, 1 episode 6: "[[Madson (TV series)#ep6|Episode 6]]")
|-
| rowspan="21"| 1997
| ''{{sortname|The|Ice House|The Ice House (novel)}}''
| Recurring role: Phoebe Maybury
| TV miniseries UK, 2 episodes
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Food of Love (1997 film)|Food of Love]]''
| Mary
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| ''{{sortname|A|Certain Justice}}''
| Guest role: Venetia Aldridge
| TV series, (unknown1 episodes)episode
|-
| ''[[Crime and Punishment (1998 film)|Crime and Punishment]]''
| Katerina
| TV movie, US
|-
| rowspan="23"| 1999
| ''[[Lost for Words (1999 film)|Lost for Words]]''
| Aileen Longden
| TV movie, UK
|-
| ''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Kavanagh QC#Previous Convictions|Previous Convictions]]")
|-
| ''Stagestruck: Gay Theatre in the 20th Century''
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| Herself
| ''{{sortname|The|House of Mirth|The House of Mirth (2000 film)}}''
| TV series UK, 3 episodes
| Judy Trenor
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2001
| ''{{sortname|The|Cazalets}}''
| Recurring role: Margot "Sid" Sidney
| TV series (UK, 6 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2003
| ''[[Trust (British TV series)|Trust]]''
| Guest role: Anita Matteo
| TV seriesminiseries UK, (1 episode: "[[Trust (British TV series)#ep4|Spilt Milk]]")
|-
| ''[[Byron (film)|Byron]]''
| Lady Judith Milbanke
| TV movie, UK
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| ''{{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries}}''
| Guest role: Dr. Tessa Jellicoe
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries#If Wishes Were Horses|If Wishes Were Horses]]")
|-
| ''[[Spooks (TV series)|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
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2005
| ''[[Timewatch]]''
| Caecilia
| TV series documentary (UK, 1 episode: "Murder inIn Rome")
|-
| ''Falling''
| Hazel
| TV movie, UK
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Girl in the Café}}''
| Ruth
| TV movie, UK/US
|-
| ''[[Murder in Suburbia]]''
| Guest role: Zenith
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Murder in Suburbia#ep12|Golden Oldies]]")
|-
| ''[[All About George]]''
| Regular role: Evelyn
| TV series (UK, 6 episodes)
|-
| ''[[Trial & Retribution]]''
| Guest role: Mrs Thorpe
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Trial & Retribution#ep17|The Lovers: Part 1]]")
|-
| ''Murder in Rome''
| Caecilia
| TV movie, UK
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2006
| ''[[Judge John Deed]]''
| Guest role: Moira Blackthorn
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Judge John Deed episodes#My Daughter, Right or Wrong|My Daughter, Right or Wrong]]")
|-
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| Guest role: Frances Cloade
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes#Taken at the Flood|Taken at the Flood]]")
|-
| ''[[New Street Law]]''
| Honor Scammell / Honor Scammel
| TV series (UK, 14 episodes: 2006-2007)2006–2007
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2007
| ''{{sortname|The|Commander: Fraudster|The Commander (TV series)}}''
| Jane Griffith
| TV movie, UK
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2008
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Diane King
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of New Tricks episodes#ep38|Communal Living]]")
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''
| Mrs Pienaar
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2009
| ''[[Hamlet (2009 film)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Gertrude (Hamlet)|Gertrude]]
| TV movie, UK/US/Japan
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2010;2014
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Jessica Boyd / Maisie Padkin
| TV series (UK, 2 episodes: 2010-2014)
|-
| rowspan="54"| 2011
| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
| Recurring role: Bonnie Yorke
| TV series (UK, 2 episodes: "[[List of Waking the Dead episodes#ep87|Solidarity]]")
|-
| ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]''
| Guest role: Helen Guthrie
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Silk (TV series)#ep6|Episode #1.6]]")
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Shadow Line|The Shadow Line (TV series)}}''
| Guest role: Caroline Monroe
| TV mini-series (UK, 1 episode: "Episode #1.4")
|-
| ''[[W.E.]]''
| Dr. Vargas
|
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: UK]]''
| Recurring role: Rachel Mathesson
| TV series (UK, 2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| Guest role: Veronica
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Vera (TV series)#ep6|Silent Voices]]")
|-
| ''[[Threesome (British TV series)|Threesome]]''
| Guest role: Judge
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Threesome episodes#ep14|I Don't]]")
|-
| rowspan="54"| 2013
| ''[[Ripper Street]]''
| Guest role: Flora Gable
| TV series (UK/IRELAND, 1 episode: "[[List of Ripper Street episodes#ep3|The King Came Calling]]")
|-
| ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
| Guest role: Rev Mother Augustine
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Father Brown episodes#ep6|The Bride of Christ]]")
|-
| ''[[Silent Witness]]''
| Guest role: Anne Percival
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[List of Silent Witness episodes#ep138|True Love Waits: Part 2]]")
|-
| ''[[Girl on a Bicycle (film)|Girl on a Bicycle]]''
| Margaret
|
|-
| ''[[Breathless (TV series)|Breathless]]''
| Recurring role: Penny
| TV series (UK, 2 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]''
| Guest role: Fiona Sullivan
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Suspects (TV series)#ep1|Alone]]")
|-
| ''[[Siblings (TV series)|Siblings]]''
| Guest role: Dr. Barker (as Pennie Downie)
| TV series (UK, 1 episode: "[[Siblings (TV series)#ep3|Intern School]]")
|-
| ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
| Recurring role: Lady Sinderby
| TV series (UK, 4 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="32"| 2016
| ''[[LondonHoudini Hasand Fallen]]Doyle''
| Recurring role: Mrs. Sulzbach
| [[Home Secretary]] Rose Kenter
| TV miniseries UK/Canada, 1 episode
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Secret Agent|The Secret Agent (2016 TV series)}}''
| Recurring role: Lady Blackwood
| TV seriesminiseries UK, (3 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2017-2021
| ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]''
| [[Janet Lee Bouvier|Janet Lee]]
|
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| ''[[Back (TV series)|Back]]''
| Regular role: Ellen
| TV series (6UK, 12 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| ''[[The Lovecraft Investigations]]''
| Barbara
| Podcast series UK, 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Absentia (TV series)|Absentia]]''
| Recurring role: Valerie Chandris
| TV series (US/Israel, 3 episodes)
|-
| 2019-2020
| ''{{sortname|The|Crown|The Crown (TV series)}}''
| Recurring role: [[Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]]
| TV series UK, 9 episodes
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| ''{{sortname|The|Jester from Tranyslvania|nolink=1}}''
| Mrs. Pennington
| ''post-production''
|}
 
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Penny Downie
Born
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present

Penny Downie is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom.

Career

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]

TV and film

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]

Stage

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]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Type
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

References

  1. ^ "STV programmes news and information".
  2. ^ "Production of the Art of Success | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  3. ^ Billen, Andrew (21 August 2008). "Fit for a prince - Hamlet Production". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "BBC Two - Hamlet". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ Prendergast, Lara (12 September 2013). "A Storm in a Flower Vase: Constance Spry spruces up centrestage". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

External links

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