Owen Cooper continues to make Emmys historical past.
The “Adolescence” star gained the Emmy for supporting actor in a restricted sequence on the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday, changing into the youngest winner ever within the class. Cooper, 15, additionally holds the document 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Cooper was acknowledged for his portrayal of Jamie Miller, a 13-year outdated accused of murdering a feminine classmate within the Netflix crime drama.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 strategy 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 the entire appearing classes. Simply 4 different youngsters have beforehand gained 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 gained in 1984 for her position in “Something About Amelia.” Kristy McNichol gained twice within the Seventies for her position in “Family” at age 15 and 17. Scott Jacoby of “That Certain Summer” and Anthony Murphy of “Tom Brown’s School Days,” who each gained in 1973 at 16 and 17, respectively, spherical out the brief checklist.
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 Innocent” and Rob Delaney of FX on Hulu’s “Dying for Sex.”
