Máiréad Tyers
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Máiréad Tyers | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1998 |
| Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA) |
| Television | Extraordinary |
Máiréad Tyers is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Jen in the Disney+ show Extraordinary (2023–24), for which she received a British Academy Television Award nomination.
Growing up in Ballinhassig in County Cork, Ireland,[1] Tyers had considered studying at University College Cork, but moved to London in 2017 following a successful audition for RADA.[2][3] Tyers took part in a variety of stage and screen productions while studying at RADA, before graduating with a BA in acting in 2020.[4]
Tyers was working in a cinema prior to landing her role in Extraordinary.[2]
Personal life
Career
Whilst at RADA, Tyers had a successful table read with the academy's president, Kenneth Branagh, and subsequently appeared in his 2021 film Belfast.[2] She appeared in the comedy play Changing the Sheets, at both Dublin Fringe Festival in 2021, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022.[2]
Tyers played a small role in ITVX teen drama Tell Me Everything, which premiered in December 2022.[3]
In 2023, Tyers appeared as Jen, the lead in Disney+ show Extraordinary, a role for which she was cast and started filming in late 2021.[5] Speaking of Tyers, Ed Power in The Irish Times called it a “breakout performance” of a “star in the making”.[6] For her role in season one of Extraordinary, she was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards in March 2024.[7] In March 2024, she was nominated in the “Female performance in a comedy programme” category at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards.[8] A second series aired on Disney+ on 7 March 2024.[9]
Tyers appeared in the 2023 action thriller Dead Shot[10][11] and in the period dramedy series My Lady Jane.[12]
Tyers appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch on 25 February 2024.[13]
