Owen Cooper’s Emmy sends message to ‘look outside the box’, drama school says

Co-head of Manchester school where Adolescence actor trained says she hopes win will encourage casting of ‘raw northern talent’

The co-director of the drama school where Adolescence star Owen Cooper trained has said she hopes his Emmy win will encourage producers to “look outside the box” when it comes to casting working-class and northern talent.

Cooper, 15, became the youngest ever male recipient of an Emmy on Sunday, when he won the best supporting actor in a limited series award for his role as the teenage murder suspect Jamie Miller in the Netflix drama.