Brit Owen Cooper Is Emmy Awards’ Youngest Ever Supporting Actor Nominee

Big news for Brits: 15-year-old Owen Cooper has made history stateside as the youngest ever star nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Emmy Awards following his gripping, twisted turn as a school boy murderer in Netflix’s Adolescence. Cooper, who will next star in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, is up against stiff competition, including Javier Bardem, Bill Camp, Rob Delaney, Peter Sarsgaard and his Adolescence co-star Ashley Walters.

Reflecting the impact of Jack Thorne’s show, which attracted attention from the government and was rolled out in schools nationwide at the start of the year, the Netflix original one-shot drama has scooped up 13 nominations total at the prestigious television awards. (It’s with reluctance we point out Adolescence doesn’t have the most nominations at the ceremony: Severance leads with 27, trailed by The Penguin with 24 and The White Lotus with 23). But which other Brits have earned a mention? Here’s what you need to know.

(L to R) Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller, Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, in Adolescence. (Courtesy of Netflix © 2024)

All The British Nominees At The Emmy Awards 2025

Adolescence leads the pack of British nominees at the 2025 Emmy Awards, with nods for Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series, both leading and supporting actor categories, Outstanding Writing for Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and Outstanding Directing for one-shot wonder Philip Barantini.

When it comes to British actors, nine stars have made the cut: Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco for Adolescence; Gary Oldman for his leading part in Slow Horses; Bella Ramsey for her leading role in The Last of Us; Jason Isaacs for his turn as a spiralling businessman in The White Lotus along with his co-star Aimee Lou Wood for her part as free-spirit yogi Chelsea.

Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff, Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff, Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff & Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon Ratliff in The White Lotus Season 3 (c) HBO

Elsewhere, Apple TV’s beloved British spy drama Slow Horses is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, while British writer Will Smith is nominated in the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series category for penning the episode ‘Hello Goodbye’. Charlie Brooker’s new season of Black Mirror is up against Adolescence in the Outstanding Limited Series category, while Brooker himself is nominated with fellow British writer Bisha K Ali for Outstanding Writing for the ‘Common People’ episode.

Brooker is also nominated in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special category for his work on Netflix’s Cunk On Life (2024) with all-Brit writing team Erika Ehler, Eli Goldstone, Ben Caudell, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, Lucia Keskin, Diane Morgan and Michael Odewale.

Gary Oldman in “Slow Horses,” premiering 04 September 2024 on Apple TV+.

Some more notable mentions include an Outstanding Drama Series nomination for transatlantic political thriller The Diplomat, set in London’s striking American Embassy in Nine Elms. Irish writer, actor and comedian Sharon Horgan is up for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Bad Sisters, while also at Apple TV Irish star Ruth Negga is nominated for her supporting role in Presumed Innocent.

Sticking with Ireland, Colin Farrell is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor for his leading role in HBO’s The Penguin, while Disney’s Troubles drama Say Nothing bagged just one nomination: Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for American writer Joshua Zetumer.

When Are The 2025 Emmy Awards?

The 2025 Emmy nominations have been revealed ahead of the awards ceremony which will take place in Los Angeles on 14 September.