Máiréad Tyers is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Jen in the
Disney+ series ''
Extraordinary'' (2023–), for which she received a
British Academy Television Award
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Background
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nomination.
Early life
Growing up in
Ballinhassig in
Cork, Ireland, Tyers had considered studying at
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, but moved to London in 2017 following a successful audition for
RADA.
Tyers took part in a variety of stage and screen productions while studying at RADA, before graduating with a BA in Acting in 2020.
Tyers was working in a cinema prior to landing her role in ''Extraordinary''.
Personal life
Tyers speaks
English, as well as being proficient in
Irish and
French
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. She plays
camogie
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A variant of the game of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
,
ultimate frisbee, and football. She sings
soprano
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and can play piano to an intermediate level.
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.''
She appeared in the comedy play ''Changing the Sheets'', at both
Dublin Fringe Festival in 2021, and
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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in 2022.
Tyers played a small role in
ITVX teen drama ''
Tell Me Everything'', which premiered in December 2022.
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. Speaking of Tyers, Ed Power in ''
The Irish Times'' called it a “breakout performance” of a “star in the making”. 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. In March 2024, she was nominated in the “Female performance in a comedy programme” category at the
2024 British Academy Television Awards
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. A second series aired on Disney+ on 7 March 2024.
Tyers appeared in the 2023 action thriller ''
Dead Shot'' and has an upcoming appearance in the period dramedy series ''
My Lady Jane''.
Tyers appeared on
Channel 4's ''
Sunday Brunch'' on 25 February 2024.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Irish television actresses
Living people
Actors from County Cork
Date of birth unknown
Alumni of RADA
21st-century Irish actresses
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