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.
Movie Appearances
The Custodian
as Helen Quinlan
1994
River Street
as Marcia
1997
Rebel
as Mary, All Girl Band
1985
Mad Max: Fury Road
as The Vuvalini
2015
Love in the First Degree
as Leslie Barrett
2004
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
as Genevieve
2012
Lest We Forget
as Bell
2010
Heart of Fire
as Julie Stoler
1997
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
as Sylvia
1995
The Seventh Floor
as Tracey
1994
Little White Lies
as Reb
1997
Emoh Ruo
as Terri Tunkley
1985
Lorca and the Outlaws
as Lena
1984
Newcastle
as Flora
2008
TV Appearances
Heartbreak High
as Cassandra
1994
Bangkok Hilton
as Mandy Engels
1989
Blue Murder
as Debra Smith
1995
Water Rats
as Gabi Cunningham
1996
Bodysurfer
as Lydia
1989
Amazing Grace
as Maureen
2021
The Flying Doctors
as Kerry Samuelson
1986
E Street
as Helen McCarthur
1989
Heartbreak High
as Karen Cooper
1994
The Flying Doctors
as Claire Dobson
1986
The Flying Doctors
as Claire Banks
1986
Big Sky
as Grace
1997