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.
Filmography
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
as The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
2012
as Genevieve
- No poster
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
- No poster
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