Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 15, 1963
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
25 titles
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
Filmography
Amazing Grace
Maureen
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
Genevieve
Lest We Forget
Bell
Newcastle
Flora
Love in the First Degree
Leslie Barrett
All Saints
Rose Carleton
Wildside
Natasha Lodans
River Street
Marcia
Big Sky
Grace
Heart of Fire
Julie Stoler
Little White Lies
Reb
Water Rats
Gabi Cunningham
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
Sylvia
Blue Murder
Debra Smith
The Seventh Floor
Tracey
The Custodian
Helen Quinlan
Heartbreak High
Cassandra
Bangkok Hilton
Mandy Engels
Bodysurfer
Lydia
E Street
Helen McCarthur
The Flying Doctors
Kerry Samuelson
Rebel
Mary, All Girl Band
Emoh Ruo
Terri Tunkley
Lorca and the Outlaws
Lena