Owen Cooper, the star of TV drama Adolescence, has made historical past changing into the youngest to win an excellent supporting actor Emmy.
Cooper, who’s 15, performed Jamie Miller within the highly-acclaimed Netflix miniseries set in Liverpool.
Adolescence, which dominated Netflix’s most-watched checklist earlier this yr, centres on the story of a 13-year-old boy arrested for the homicide of a classmate.
The four-part mini-series provoked a robust response from viewers and prompted a nationwide dialog round misogyny and on-line security, with co-creator Jack Thorne becoming a member of the Prime Minister for a dialogue on the matter on the finish of March.
It was additionally extensively praised for its filming strategies, with every episode captured in a single steady take.
Earlier than the awards ceremony, Cooper, from Warrington, had been stunned by his performing hero Jake Gyllenhaal, who walked in unannounced throughout an interview he was giving to press.
The pair hugged, and Gyllenhaal gave Cooper a small reward – a “lucky duck”.
“I made this movie [Brokeback Mountain], and I got nominated for an Academy Award, and a friend of mine sent me this before. Something just like this,” he mentioned.
“It’s just a ‘Lucky Duck’ to keep in your pocket. To give you a little bit of luck.”
