Joy Smithers
Actor
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.
Filmography
Newcastle
as Flora 2008
Lorca and the Outlaws
as Lena 1984
Rebel
as Mary, All Girl Band 1985
The Custodian
as Helen Quinlan 1994
Emoh Ruo
as Terri Tunkley 1985
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
as Genevieve 2012
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
as Sylvia 1995
The Seventh Floor
as Tracey 1994
River Street
as Marcia 1997
Heart of Fire
as Julie Stoler 1997
Love in the First Degree
as Leslie Barrett 2004
Lest We Forget
as Bell 2010