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Joy Smithers

Joy Smithers

Born: 1963-07-15 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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 poster
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 • The Vuvalini
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale poster
Status Update - A Facebook Fairytale
2012 • Genevieve
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Lest We Forget
2010 • Bell
Newcastle poster
Newcastle
2008 • Flora
Love in the First Degree poster
Love in the First Degree
2004 • Leslie Barrett
River Street poster
River Street
1997 • Marcia
Heart of Fire poster
Heart of Fire
1997 • Julie Stoler
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Little White Lies
1997 • Reb
Sex Is a Four Letter Word poster
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
1995 • Sylvia
The Seventh Floor poster
The Seventh Floor
1994 • Tracey
The Custodian poster
The Custodian
1994 • Helen Quinlan
Rebel poster
Rebel
1985 • Mary, All Girl Band
Emoh Ruo poster
Emoh Ruo
1985 • Terri Tunkley
Lorca and the Outlaws poster
Lorca and the Outlaws
1984 • Lena