Joy Smithers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 15, 1963
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Filmography
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
as The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale 2012
as Genevieve
- Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget 2010
as Bell
Newcastle 2008
as Flora
Love in the First Degree 2004
as Leslie Barrett
River Street 1997
as Marcia
Heart of Fire 1997
as Julie Stoler
- Little White Lies
Little White Lies 1997
as Reb
Sex Is a Four Letter Word 1995
as Sylvia
The Seventh Floor 1994
as Tracey
The Custodian 1994
as Helen Quinlan
Rebel 1985
as Mary, All Girl Band
Emoh Ruo 1985
as Terri Tunkley
Lorca and the Outlaws 1984
as Lena
Credits from TMDB.