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.
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Full filmography
- E Street (1989) as Helen McCarthur
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) as The Vuvalini
- All Saints (1998) as Rose Carleton
- All Saints (1998) as Rose Stevens
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Kerry Samuelson
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Claire Dobson
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Claire Banks
- Heartbreak High (1994) as Cassandra
- Heartbreak High (1994) as Karen Cooper
- Water Rats (1996) as Gabi Cunningham
- Wildside (1997) as Natasha Lodans
- Big Sky (1997) as Grace
- Bangkok Hilton (1989) as Mandy Engels
- Blue Murder (1995) as Debra Smith
- Amazing Grace (2021) as Maureen
- The Seventh Floor (1994) as Tracey
- Bodysurfer (1989) as Lydia
- The Custodian (1994) as Helen Quinlan
- Newcastle (2008) as Flora
- Heart of Fire (1997) as Julie Stoler
- River Street (1997) as Marcia
- Lorca and the Outlaws (1984) as Lena
- Rebel (1985) as Mary, All Girl Band
- Sex Is a Four Letter Word (1995) as Sylvia