Máiréad Tyers

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.

Early life Growing up in Ballinhassig in County Cork, Ireland, Tyers had considered studying at University College Cork, 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. 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. A second series aired on Disney+ on 7 March 2024.

Tyers appeared in the 2023 action thriller Dead Shot and in the period dramedy series My Lady Jane.

Tyers appeared on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch on 25 February 2024.

Filmography Film

Television