Máiréad Tyers

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 nomination.

Early life
Growing up in Ballinhassig in Cork, Ireland, Tyers had considered studying at UCC, 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. She plays camogie, ultimate frisbee, and football. She sings soprano 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 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. 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.