Penny Downie
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- Began her career in Australian theatre.
- In 1976, made her television debut in Australian soap opera Bellbird.
- Moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, making her British television debut in a 1984 episode of Minder.
- In 1991, was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, for her performance as Marianne in Scenes from a Marriage.
- Appeared as Gertrude in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet, and its 2009 television adaptation.
- Is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.