The incredible Éanna Hardwicke – is this talented Cork actor destined to follow Cillian Murphy into the big time?

Éanna Hardwicke, star of 'The Sixth Commandment' and 'Normal People', has a chance to beat fierce competition to the Best Supporting Actor award at Sunday's prestigious TV Baftas

Éanna Hardwicke. Photo: Getty

Chris Wasser

We may yet look back on 2024 as the year when a couple of dapper gents from Cork dominated the Baftas. In February, Cillian Murphy collected a well-deserved Best Actor trophy at the 77th British Academy Film Awards in London, for his triumphant central turn in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Nobody else came close, and you’d have been a fool to think otherwise. The TV Baftas, which will be awarded on Sunday night at London’s Royal Festival Hall, are trickier to call.

For whatever reason, the small-screen competition is considerably tighter. Anything could happen and anyone could win. All Irish eyes, however, are once again on the acting categories. In the Best Actress field, the inimitable Sharon Horgan is nominated for her terrific lead turn in Jack Thorne’s acclaimed BBC drama, Best Interests. Not one, but two Irish stars appear in the Best Female Comedy Performance category: Belfast’s Roisin Gallagher (for The Lovers) and Cork’s Máiréad Tyers (Extraordinary).

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