Owen Cooper continues to make Emmys historical past.
The “Adolescence” star received the Emmy for supporting actor in a restricted sequence on the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday, turning into the youngest winner ever within the class. Cooper, 15, additionally holds the report for being the youngest actor nominated for this award.
Cooper was acknowledged for his portrayal of Jamie Miller, a 13-year outdated accused of murdering a feminine classmate within the Netflix crime drama. Along with its performances, the buzzy sequence was hailed for its method of filming every of its 4 episodes as a single digicam shot. Cooper was 14 when “Adolescence” was filmed and the present is his first skilled credit score.
Cooper is now additionally one of many youngest Emmy winners ever amongst all the appearing classes. Simply 4 different youngsters have beforehand received Primetime Emmy Awards they usually all have been acknowledged a long time in the past. The youngest is Roxana Zal, who was 14 when she received in 1984 for her function in “One thing About Amelia.” Kristy McNichol received twice within the Nineteen Seventies for her function in “Household” at age 15 and 17. Scott Jacoby of “That Sure Summer time” and Anthony Murphy of “Tom Brown’s Faculty Days,” who each received in 1973 at 16 and 17, respectively, spherical out the quick record.
The opposite nominees for supporting actor in a restricted sequence or film included Cooper’s co-star Ashley Walters, Javier Bardem of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” Invoice Camp and Peter Sarsgaard of Apple TV+’s “Presumed Harmless” and Rob Delaney of FX on Hulu’s “Dying for Intercourse.”
