Watch Owen Cooper's heartfelt Emmys speech as he becomes youngest best supporting actor

"I was nothing about three years ago. I'm here now."
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15-year-old Adolescence star Owen Cooper made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest male star to win an outstanding supporting actor Emmy.

Cooper, who was 14 at the time he filmed fellow Emmy winner Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne's devastating Netflix miniseries about a teenager who murders a classmate, took to the stage and gave a speech about how his experience is proof that achieving anything can be possible.

"Honestly when I started these drama classes a couple of years back, I didn't expect to even be in the United States, never mind here," Cooper says in the video. "But I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life."

Here's the full list of Emmys 2025 winners.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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