Joy Smithers
{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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| name = Joy Smithers
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| birth_place = Australia
| occupation = Actress, news presenter
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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.{{cite web|title=At last! The Music returns to MTV|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/at-last-the-music-returns-to-mtv-20160421-gocezb.html|website=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=21 September 2017|date=23 April 2016}}
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.[http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/tv/family-first-for-smithers/story-e6freqj6-1111118137607 Family first for Home & Away's Joy Smithers]
Smithers appeared in the 2008 Australian surfing film Newcastle,[https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/487874/gay-undertow-to-newcastle-surf-film/ Gay undertow to Newcastle surf film | Newcastle Herald] as well as the 2015 action film Mad Max: Fury Road.{{cite web|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title='Mad Max' TV Spot Has Explosion After Explosion After Explosion|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3337856/mad-max-tv-spot-explosion-explosion-explosion/|website=Bloody Disgusting|publisher=Complex Media|accessdate=12 May 2015|date=27 March 2015}} 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.{{cite news |title='My parents just thought it was a lot of rubbish' Joy Smithers finally joins the Mad Max franchise |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/my-parents-just-thought-it-was-a-lot-of-rubbish-joy-smithers-finally-joins-the-mad-max-franchise/story-fni0cvc9-1227349805102?nk=bc903bff767e8fb80db70ea21955cdc0 |first=Jonathon |last=Moran |website=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=News Corp Australia |accessdate=10 February 2016 |date=10 May 2015}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable | |||
| Year
!Title !Role !Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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=
| class="wikitable |
| Year
!Title !Role !Type |
|---|
| 1983
| Alpha Street | | TV pilot |
| 1983
| 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
| Host | TV series |
| 1986
| Betty Spencer | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1986, 1990
| Kerry Samuelson / Claire Banks / Claire Dobson | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1987
| MTV | Co-host | TV series |
| 1987, 1988
| Herself ("Red Faces" segment) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988, 1988
| Herself (with Eurogliders singing "It Must Be Love") | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1988
| Gillian Porter | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1988
| Stringer | Regular role | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1988
| Herself (with Eurogliders singing "Listen") | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1989
| Mandy Engels | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1989
| Lydia | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1990
| 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
| Guest host | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992
| Host | TV series |
| 1993
| Host | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1993
| Amanda | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994
| At Home | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994, 1997, 2008
| Cathy / Paula Rogers / Bridget Simmons | TV series, 16 episodes |
| 1994-1995
| Karen Cooper / Cassandra | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1994
| Denton | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994
| Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995
| Debra Smith | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1996
| Presenter | TV series |
| 1996
| Alternatives | Voice | TV documentary |
| 1996
| Monday to Friday | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996
| Gabi Cunningham | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997
| Australia's Strangest Home Improvements | Presenter | TV series |
| 1997-98
| 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
| Rose Stevens / Rose Carlton | TV series, 57 episodes |
| 2001
| The Royal Children's Hospital Variety Gala | Herself | TV special |
| 2001
| Contestant | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002
| Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2002
| The Best Of Aussie Cop Shows | Herself | TV special |
| 2004
| Freya Davies | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2006
| When Actors Go Bad | Herself | Short Video |
| 2008
| Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009
| The Making of 'Newcastle' | Herself | Video |
| 2012
| Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013-14
| Felicity Philips | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2014, 2015
| Guest (with sister Sue Smithers) | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2021
| Maureen | TV series, 2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0810456|Joy Smithers}}
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Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian women television presenters
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