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
Cast Credits

Amazing Grace
Character: Maureen
TV • 2021

Mad Max: Fury Road
Character: The Vuvalini
MOVIE • 2015

Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
Character: Genevieve
MOVIE • 2012
Lest We Forget
Character: Bell
MOVIE • 2010

Newcastle
Character: Flora
MOVIE • 2008

Love in the First Degree
Character: Leslie Barrett
MOVIE • 2004

All Saints
Character: Rose Carleton
TV • 1998

All Saints
Character: Rose Stevens
TV • 1998

Wildside
Character: Natasha Lodans
TV • 1997

River Street
Character: Marcia
MOVIE • 1997

Big Sky
Character: Grace
TV • 1997

Heart of Fire
Character: Julie Stoler
MOVIE • 1997
Little White Lies
Character: Reb
MOVIE • 1997

Water Rats
Character: Gabi Cunningham
TV • 1996

Sex Is a Four Letter Word
Character: Sylvia
MOVIE • 1995

Blue Murder
Character: Debra Smith
TV • 1995

The Seventh Floor
Character: Tracey
MOVIE • 1994

The Custodian
Character: Helen Quinlan
MOVIE • 1994

Heartbreak High
Character: Cassandra
TV • 1994

Heartbreak High
Character: Karen Cooper
TV • 1994