Joy Smithers

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

E Street

The Flying Doctors

All Saints

Water Rats

Mad Max: Fury Road

All Movies (14)

Mad Max: Fury Road2015 · as The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale2012 · as Genevieve
Lest We Forget2010 · as Bell
Newcastle2008 · as Flora
Love in the First Degree2004 · as Leslie Barrett
River Street1997 · as Marcia
Heart of Fire1997 · as Julie Stoler
Little White Lies1997 · as Reb
Sex Is a Four Letter Word1995 · as Sylvia
The Seventh Floor1994 · as Tracey
The Custodian1994 · as Helen Quinlan
Rebel1985 · as Mary, All Girl Band
Emoh Ruo1985 · as Terri Tunkley
Lorca and the Outlaws1984 · as Lena

All TV Shows (15)

Amazing Grace2021 · as Maureen
All Saints1998 · as Rose Carleton
All Saints1998 · as Rose Stevens
Wildside1997 · as Natasha Lodans
Big Sky1997 · as Grace
Water Rats1996 · as Gabi Cunningham
Blue Murder1995 · as Debra Smith
Heartbreak High1994 · as Cassandra
Heartbreak High1994 · as Karen Cooper
Bangkok Hilton1989 · as Mandy Engels
Bodysurfer1989 · as Lydia
E Street1989 · as Helen McCarthur
The Flying Doctors1986 · as Kerry Samuelson
The Flying Doctors1986 · as Claire Dobson
The Flying Doctors1986 · as Claire Banks