The BAFTA TV Awards are underway at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with “Adolescence” actor Owen Cooper taking the first major win reported from the ceremony. Deadline, Daily Mail and Variety all report that the 16-year-old won the BAFTA TV Award for supporting actor for his role in the Netflix drama “Adolescence.” The sources describe Cooper’s performance as his breakout first screen role, portraying a 13-year-old boy charged with the brutal murder of a female classmate. Variety adds that the win completes a “full set” of major honors that Cooper has accumulated for his first-ever screen role, presenting it as a historic achievement. Daily Mail similarly frames the win as the continuation of an award-winning streak for Cooper. Beyond Cooper’s win, Deadline notes that the ceremony is a major three-hour event featuring major figures in attendance and coverage, while Daily Mail also reports an additional result involving Christine Tremarco, one of Cooper’s co-stars, in a separate category. The awards continue later on Sunday.
Owen Cooper wins BAFTA TV Award for supporting actor for ‘Adolescence’
The BAFTA TV Awards are underway at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with “Adolescence” actor Owen Cooper taking the first major win reported from the ceremony. Deadline, Daily Mail and Variety all repor...
- Owen Cooper wins the BAFTA TV Award for supporting actor for “Adolescence.”
- The ceremony takes place at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.
- All sources link the win to Cooper’s role in the Netflix drama “Adolescence.”
- Cooper is 16 and is described as a breakout performer and his first screen role.
- Variety and Daily Mail describe the win as part of a broader streak of major awards for Cooper.
Cooper has become one of the most decorated young actors of all time for his portrayal of a 13-year-old boy charged with the brutal murder of a female classmate in Stephen Graham's Netflix drama.
3 months agoOwen Cooper continued his award winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards at London's Festival Hall on Sunday.
3 months ago“Adolescence” breakout Owen Cooper has won the BAFTA TV Award for supporting actor, a win that completes an astonishing full set of major awards for the 16-year-old’s first-ever screen role. The win on Sunday night — aptly on home soil for the fast-rising British star — cements Cooper’s place in TV history, with him already having become […]
3 months agoThe BAFTA TV Awards are underway Sunday afternoon at London’s Royal Festival Hall and Adolescence star Owen Cooper is the first big winner. The grandest night in British TV unfolds over the next three hours as some of the biggest stars around the world including Colin Firth, Aimee Lou Wood, Taron Egerton and Matt Smith […]
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