Penny Dawson

Penny Dawson is Ally's mother and will appear in future episodes of Austin & Ally, such as Chapters & Choices. She is played by Julia Campbell She will first appear in Backups &amp; Breakups. It is unknown if she is married or divorced to Ally's dad, Lester. Currently she's on a research trip in Africa. She has a couple of attributes that she passes down to her daughter like no touching her book and the song Ally sung earlier in the episode. Penny also has a pet monkey named Ricky and a gorilla named Lula and named her twins after Trish and Ally.