Owen Cooper became the youngest-ever Emmy winner of best supporting actor in a limited series or movie when the 15-year-old English teenager won for his work in “Adolescence.”
“Standing up here is, wow, it’s just so surreal,” Cooper said after hugging presenter Sidney Sweeney and turning to face the packed Peacock Theater on Sunday. “Honestly, when I started these drama classes a couple of years back, I didn’t even expect to be in the United States, or any of this.
“I was nothing about three years ago; I’m here now,” he said. “If you’re listening, just step out of your comfort zone, anything can happen.”
Moments later, “Adolescence” also picked up the Emmy for best writing for a limited series or movie for Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, the latter of whom created the show and starred in it, too.
“We never expected our little program to have such a big impact, but we’re grateful it did,” Graham said in their acceptance speech, which ran long, taking thousands off the total for the Boys and Girls Club.
“That’s tough,” host Nate Bargatze said after Graham and Thorne departed. “That was a show called ‘Adolescence’ that did that to adolescents.”
Dan Gilroy won best writing for a drama series for “Andor,” while “The Studio” won best writing for a comedy series for Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and several others on their team.
A few commercial breaks later, “Adolescence” picked up a third award with Erin Doherty earning the Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie.
“So it’s looking like I’m going to be banging on about ‘Adolescence’ and Owen Cooper for the rest of my life,” the English actress said on reaching the stage. “I can’t get up here without talking about Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters (both of whom also acted in the series), even though Stephen called me tea cozy” – which, in fact, her dress kind of did.
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