Joy Smithers
Joy Smithers (born 15 July 1963) is an Australian actress, best known for her acting performances on television, and her role as a television news presenter, such as with MTV Australia in the late 1980s. Her credits include: All The Way, Bangkok Hilton, The Flying Doctors, Home and Away, Lorca and the Outlaws, Wildside and All Saints. For a short time she was co-host of Good Morning Australia. In September 2008 Smithers made a return to acting, as Bridget Simmons in Home and Away. Smithers appeared in the 2008 Australian surfing film Newcastle, as well as the 2015 action film Mad Max: Fury Road. At the age of 15, Smithers was offered the role of Max Rockatansky's wife, Jessie, in the original 1979 Mad Max, but was forced to decline after her parents would not let her travel to Adelaide for production.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Amazing Grace as Maureen
- 2015 · Mad Max: Fury Road as The Vuvalini
- 2012 · Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale as Genevieve
- 2010 · Lest We Forget as Bell
- 2004 · Love in the First Degree as Leslie Barrett
- 1998 · All Saints as Rose Carleton
- 1997 · Wildside as Natasha Lodans
- 1997 · River Street as Marcia
- 1997 · Big Sky as Grace
- 1997 · Heart of Fire as Julie Stoler
- 1997 · Little White Lies as Reb
- 1996 · Water Rats as Gabi Cunningham
- 1995 · Sex Is a Four Letter Word as Sylvia
- 1995 · Blue Murder as Debra Smith
- 1994 · The Seventh Floor as Tracey
- 1994 · Heartbreak High as Cassandra
- 1994 · Heartbreak High as Karen Cooper
- 1994 · The Custodian as Helen Quinlan
- 1989 · Bangkok Hilton as Mandy Engels
- 1989 · Bodysurfer as Lydia
- 1989 · E Street as Helen McCarthur
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Kerry Samuelson
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Claire Banks
- 1986 · The Flying Doctors as Claire Dobson
- 1985 · Rebel as Mary, All Girl Band
- 1985 · Emoh Ruo as Terri Tunkley