Joy Smithers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
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
Filmography
Amazing Grace
TV · as Maureen · 2 eps
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie · as The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
Movie · as Genevieve
Lest We Forget
Movie · as Bell
Newcastle
Movie · as Flora
Love in the First Degree
Movie · as Leslie Barrett
All Saints
TV · as Rose Carleton, Rose Stevens · 18 eps
River Street
Movie · as Marcia
Heart of Fire
Movie · as Julie Stoler
Little White Lies
Movie · as Reb
Big Sky
TV · as Grace · 5 eps
Wildside
TV · as Natasha Lodans · 1 ep
Water Rats
TV · as Gabi Cunningham · 1 ep
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
Movie · as Sylvia
Blue Murder
TV · as Debra Smith · 2 eps
The Custodian
Movie · as Helen Quinlan
The Seventh Floor
Movie · as Tracey
Heartbreak High
TV · as Cassandra, Karen Cooper · 1 ep
Bangkok Hilton
TV · as Mandy Engels · 3 eps
Bodysurfer
TV · as Lydia · 2 eps
E Street
TV · as Helen McCarthur · 2 eps
The Flying Doctors
TV · as Kerry Samuelson, Claire Dobson, Claire Banks · 1 ep
Rebel
Movie · as Mary, All Girl Band
Emoh Ruo
Movie · as Terri Tunkley
Lorca and the Outlaws
Movie · as Lena