Jurisic was born in Croatia and migrated to Australia with her family at age five.
[1] She began her career as part of the Lighthouse Company (Playhouse) in Adelaide.
[2] Jurisic's screen roles include a lead (as Dr. Eva) in the ABC TV series Something in the Air,[3] playing the title character in the 1987 film The Tale of Ruby Rose,[4] the 1986 TV movie Hunger,[5] Croatian film Transatlantik in 1998,[6] 1997's The Sound of One Hand Clapping,[7] Mad Max: Fury Road[2] Bordertown and The Petrov Affair.
[1] She is also known for her role as Dr. Magda in the television series The Flying Doctors.
[9] Internationally she appeared in a number of Barrie Kosky's productions at Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna, Austria, including Medea.