Acting · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Born July 15, 1963
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.
TVAmazing Grace
2021
as Maureen
MovieMad Max: Fury Road
2015
as The Vuvalini
MovieStatus Update - A Facebook Fairytale
2012
as Genevieve
Lest We Forget
2010
as Bell
MovieNewcastle
2008
as Flora
MovieLove in the First Degree
2004
as Leslie Barrett
TVAll Saints
1998
as Rose Carleton
TVWildside
1997
as Natasha Lodans
MovieRiver Street
1997
as Marcia
TVBig Sky
1997
as Grace
MovieHeart of Fire
1997
as Julie Stoler
Little White Lies
1997
as Reb
TVWater Rats
1996
as Gabi Cunningham
MovieSex Is a Four Letter Word
1995
as Sylvia
TVBlue Murder
1995
as Debra Smith
MovieThe Seventh Floor
1994
as Tracey
MovieThe Custodian
1994
as Helen Quinlan
TVHeartbreak High
1994
as Cassandra
TVBangkok Hilton
1989
as Mandy Engels
Bodysurfer
1989
as Lydia
TVE Street
1989
as Helen McCarthur
TVThe Flying Doctors
1986
as Kerry Samuelson
MovieRebel
1985
as Mary, All Girl Band
MovieEmoh Ruo
1985
as Terri Tunkley
MovieLorca and the Outlaws
1984
as Lena
