7.6
Movie
Acting
Joy Smithers
- Born
- (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Credits
- 25 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.6
Movie
6.9
TV
Bangkok Hilton
6.8
TV
Heartbreak High
4.9
Movie
Newcastle
6.6
TV
The Flying Doctors
3.8
Movie
Lorca and the Outlaws
6.2
TV
All Saints
5.4
Movie
Rebel
6.2
TV
Water Rats
4.5
Movie
The Custodian
6.1
TV
Blue Murder
6.7
TV
Amazing Grace
6.7
TV
E Street
5.2
TV
Wildside
3.0
Movie
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
7.0
Movie
The Seventh Floor
5.1
Movie
Emoh Ruo
9.0
TV
Big Sky
Acting credits 25
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Amazing Grace TV | Maureen (2 ep) |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road Film | The Vuvalini |
| 2012 | Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale Film | Genevieve |
| 2010 | Lest We Forget Film | Bell |
| 2008 | Newcastle Film | Flora |
| 2004 | Love in the First Degree Film | Leslie Barrett |
| 1998 | All Saints TV | Rose Carleton, Rose Stevens (18 ep) |
| 1997 | Wildside TV | Natasha Lodans (1 ep) |
| 1997 | River Street Film | Marcia |
| 1997 | Big Sky TV | Grace (5 ep) |
| 1997 | Heart of Fire Film | Julie Stoler |
| 1997 | Little White Lies Film | Reb |
| 1996 | Water Rats TV | Gabi Cunningham (1 ep) |
| 1995 | Sex Is a Four Letter Word Film | Sylvia |
| 1995 | Blue Murder TV | Debra Smith (2 ep) |
| 1994 | The Seventh Floor Film | Tracey |
| 1994 | The Custodian Film | Helen Quinlan |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High TV | Cassandra, Karen Cooper (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Bangkok Hilton TV | Mandy Engels (3 ep) |
| 1989 | Bodysurfer TV | Lydia (2 ep) |
| 1989 | E Street TV | Helen McCarthur (2 ep) |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors TV | Kerry Samuelson, Claire Dobson, Claire Banks (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Rebel Film | Mary, All Girl Band |
| 1985 | Emoh Ruo Film | Terri Tunkley |
| 1984 | Lorca and the Outlaws Film | Lena |