Adolescence star Owen Cooper breaks a record at the 2025 Emmys

Adolescence, a Netflix crime drama and psychological thriller that premiered in March of this year, starred young adult Owen Cooper, who just became the youngest male ever to receive an Emmy Award, at 15 years old.

According to Deadline, the previous holder of this record, Michael E. Goorjian was 24, and won the award in 1994. This is a huge achievement for Cooper, and very much deserved!

I am such a fan of Cooper’s performance as the main character in Adolescence. As difficult as the limited series was to watch, due to the details of the murder for which he was accused and the fact that he was only 13 on the show,…