Laine Mcnaught
His performance in Adolescence belied his tender years. And tonight Owen Cooper will find out if his role as a troubled teen in the year’s standout TV hit will land him a record – as the youngest ever male Emmy winner.
The 15-year-old’s nomination for best supporting actor is just one of 13 that the show, about a teenager accused of murder, has received.
Cooper – the Warrington schoolboy who was 14 when the show was filmed – was the toast of pre-Emmy parties in Hollywood on Friday night, accompanied by his mother Noreen, a carer, and father Andy, who works in IT.
Cooper said: ‘I will never forget this for the rest of my life. If I break the record that would be cool. It’s all next level. This time last year I didn’t know what I’d be doing.
‘Never could I have believed that this show would change my life in the way that it has.’
Stephen Graham – who is up for the best actor award for his performance as Cooper’s father – and Ashley Walters, who plays detective Luke Bascombe, were the ‘toast of the party’ at Netflix’s pre-Emmy bash while Irish actress Sharon Horgan – nominated as best actress for Bad Sisters – posed with Monica Lewinsky at a party for talent agency WME.
Other Brits up for awards tonight include Gary Oldman (for Slow Horses), Aimee Lou Wood and Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus), Colin Farrell (The Penguin) and Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us).
It comes after Adolescence swept up two major prizes at the 2025 National TV Awards.
The critically acclaimed series beat out stiff competition from Rivals, Code of Silence, Ludwig and MobLand to win the award for Best New Drama.
While Cooper also landed the coveted Best Drama Performance gong for playing twisted teen killer Jamie Miller in the show, edging out his own co-star Stephen Graham.
The 15-year-old was not in attendance at the UK ceremony as he headed to the US in time for the weekend’s Emmys, but his friend and Adolescence co-star Amari Bacchus was on hand to accept the award on his behalf.
And he also shared a pre-recorded video message from Owen on his phone, where he effusively thanked his co-stars, collaborators and fans.
He said: ‘Never could I have believed that this show, Adolescence, would change my life in the way that it has.
‘It’s the fact that the viewers who voted for this, it just shows what a powerful, impactful show that we all got to make.’
Owen’s NTA win put him in good stead for the Emmy Awards on Sunday, where he could break records with a win for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
At just 15, the Warrington schoolboy will be the youngest-ever male winner in the 76-year history of the ‘TV Oscars’ if he scoops the accolade for his role in one of Netflix’s most-watched series ever which has swept the board with 13 nominations.
The current record holder for youngest male is Scott Jacoby, who bagged the Best Supporting Actor at 16 in 1973 for drama That Certain Summer.
Daily Mail previously revealed Owen would be entered in the Best Supporting Actor category, as opposed to Best Actor, which experts hailed as a ‘genius move’ and said would massively boost his chances of winning.
He will go up against his co-star Ashley Walters who has been nominated for his first Emmy in the same category after his role as DI Luke Bascombe.
Also in the category is Javier Bardem, for his role in Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story, Bill Camp and Peter Sarsgaard, for their respective roles in Presumed Innocent and Rob Delaney, for his role in Dying For Sex.
Adolescence is also nominated in the Best Limited or Anthology Series alongside Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and The Penguin.
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