Joy Smithers

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

Film YearTitleRoleType 1982 Heatwave Model Feature film 1983 Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (aka Stanley) Patty Norris Feature film 1984 Lorca and the Outlaws (aka Starship / 2084) Lena Feature film 1985 Emoh Ruo Terri Tunkley Feature film 1985 Rebel Mary - All Girl Band Feature film 1987 Belinda Liz Feature film 1993 The Custodian Helen Quinlan Feature film 1994 The Seventh Floor Tracey Feature film 1994 Gino Feature film 1995 Sex Is a Four Letter Word Sylvia Feature film 1995 Lucinda, 31 Lucinda Film short 1996 River Street Marcia Feature film 1997 Little White Lies Reb Film short 1997 Heart of Fire Julie Stoler TV movie (US) 2004 Love In The First Degree (aka Straight to You) Leslie Barrett Feature film 2008 Newcastle Flora Feature film 2010 Lest We Forget Bell Film short 2012 Status Update: A Facebook Fairytale Genevieve Film short 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road The Vuvalini Feature film 2021 Step Into Paradise Herself (with sister Sue Smithers) Feature film documentary

Television YearTitleRoleType 1983 Alpha Street TV pilot 1983 Waterloo Station Guest role TV series, 1 episode 1983-85 Class of 83, 84, 85 Host TV series 1983 An Open Go Voice Film documentary 1984 Making a Video Program Presenter Film documentary 1985 Out There Host TV series 1986 Alice to Nowhere Betty Spencer TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1986, 1990 The Flying Doctors Kerry Samuelson / Claire Banks / Claire Dobson TV series, 3 episodes 1987 MTV Co-host TV series 1987, 1988 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself ("Red Faces" segment) TV series, 1 episode 1988, 1988 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (with Eurogliders singing "It Must Be Love") TV series, 1 episode 1988 All the Way Gillian Porter TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1988 Stringer TV series 1988 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (with Eurogliders singing "Listen") TV series, 1 episode 1989 Bangkok Hilton Mandy Engels TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1989 Bodysurfer Lydia TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1990 Burke's Backyard Guest Celebrity Gardener TV series, 1 episode 1990 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard Guest TV series, 1 episode 1990 Insiders Herself TV series, 1 episode 1991 E Street Helen McCarthur TV series, 2 episodes 1991 Super Saturday Herself TV series, 1 episode 1992 In Sydney Today Guest TV series, 1 episode 1992, 1995 G.P. Carmen Plant / Sgt. Sue 'Dusty' Miller TV series, 2 episodes 1992, 1997-98 Good Morning Australia Guest host TV series, 1 episode 1992 The Shorn Sheep Show Host TV series 1993 Cartoon Connection Host TV series, 5 episodes 1993 Newlyweds Amanda TV series, 1 episode 1994 At Home Guest TV series, 1 episode 1994, 1997, 2008 Home and Away Cathy / Paula Rogers / Bridget Simmons TV series, 16 episodes 1994-1995 Heartbreak High Karen Cooper / Cassandra TV series, 4 episodes 1994 Denton Guest TV series, 1 episode 1994 Live It Up Guest TV series, 1 episode 1995 Blue Murder Debra Smith TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1996 English - Have A Go Presenter TV series 1996 Alternatives Voice TV documentary 1996 Monday to Friday Guest TV series, 1 episode 1996 Water Rats Gabi Cunningham TV series, 1 episode 1997 Australia's Strangest Home Improvements Presenter TV series 1997-98 Good Morning Australia Guest TV series, 2 episodes 1997 The Lacemaker: An Australian In Paris Herself TV special 1998 Denise Guest TV series, 1 episode 1999 Big Sky Grace TV series, 1 episode 1999 Wildside Natasha Lodans TV series, 1 episode 1999-2003 All Saints Rose Stevens / Rose Carlton TV series, 57 episodes 2001 The Royal Children's Hospital Variety Gala Herself TV special 2001 The Weakest Link Contestant TV series, 1 episode 2002 Beauty and the Beast Herself TV series, 1 episode 2002 The Best Of Aussie Cop Shows Herself TV special 2004 The Cooks Freya Davies TV series, 1 episode 2006 When Actors Go Bad Herself Short Video 2008 Mornings with Kerri-Anne Guest TV series, 1 episode 2009 The Making of 'Newcastle''' Herself Video 2012 The Morning Show| Guest TV series, 1 episode 2013-14 Wonderland| Felicity Philips TV series, 4 episodes 2014, 2015 The Daily Edition| Guest (with sister Sue Smithers) TV series, 2 episodes 2021 Amazing Grace'' Maureen TV series, 2 episodes