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Joy Smithers

Actor
Born July 15, 1963 (61 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Wonderland (2013)
Known For
  • Bangkok Hilton
  • Newcastle
  • Emoh Ruo
  • Sex Is a Four Letter Word
  • Lorca and the Outlaws
  • The Custodian
  • The Seventh Floor
  • Heart of Fire
  • River Street
  • Belinda

Filmography

2021
Amazing Grace (TV Series) · as Maureen
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road · as The Vuvalini
2013
Wonderland (2013) (TV Series) · as Felicity Philips
2008
Newcastle · as Flora
2004
The Cooks (TV Series) · as Freya Davies
1998
All Saints (TV Series) · as Rose Carleton
1997
Wildside (AU) (TV Series) · as Natasha Lodans
1997
Big Sky (TV Series) · as Grace
1997
Heart of Fire · as Julie Stoler
1996
River Street · as Marcia
1996
Water Rats (TV Series) · as Gabi Cunningham
1995
1995
Blue Murder (AU) (TV Series) · as Debra Smith
1995
Lucinda, 31 · as Lucinda
1994
The Seventh Floor · as Tracey
1994
Heartbreak High (TV Series) · as Karen Cooper
1993
The Custodian · as Helen Quinlan
1989
Bangkok Hilton (TV Series) · as Mandy Engels
1989
G.P. (TV Series) · as Carmen Plant
1989
E Street (TV Series) · as Helen Mccarthur
1988
Belinda · as Liz
1988
Home and Away (TV Series) · as Bridget Simmons
1986
Alice to Nowhere (TV Series) · as Betty Spencer
1985
Rebel · as Mary, All Girl Band
1985
Emoh Ruo · as Terri Tunkley
1985
The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Kerry Samuelson
1984
1984
1982
Heatwave · as Model

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