Adolescence star Owen Cooper is odds-on to become one of the youngest Emmy Award nominees ever when the shortlist is announced on Tuesday.
The Warrington schoolboy, 15, would be the youngest-ever male winner in the 76-year history of the ‘TV Oscars‘ and the award would be for his first acting job.
The youngest person ever to have won a Primetime Emmy is Roxana Zal, who at just 14 scored the Best Supporting Actress gong in 1984 for her role TV movie Something About Amelia.
Meanwhile Scott Jacoby is the youngest male, making history when he bagged the Best Supporting Actor at 16 in 1973 for drama That Certain Summer, a record which could now be broken by 15-year-old Cooper, for his role as murder suspect Jamie Miller in one of Netflix‘s most-watched series ever.
MailOnline previously revealed that Adolescence star would be entered in the Best Supporting Actor category, as opposed to Best Actor, which experts hailed as a ‘genius move’ and said would massively boost his chances of winning.
As the teen looks set to break records at the swanky ceremony, how many other these child nominees can you remember?
Adolescence star Owen Cooper could become one of the youngest Emmy Award nominees ever when the shortlist is announced in Tuesday
The schoolboy, 15, would be the youngest-ever male winner in the 76-year history of the ‘TV Oscars ‘ and the award would be for the first scenes he ever filmed in his first acting job
Owen has already won a slew of awards for his role as murder suspect Jamie Miller in one of Netflix ‘s most-watched series ever
Keshia Knight Pulliam – Six-years-old
The Cosby Show’s Keshia, now 46, is the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Emmy after landing the nod at the age of just six for her role as Rudy Huxtable in the iconic NBC sitcom.
After The Cosby Show ended in 1992, she continued to find work as an actress, starring in films such as Beauty Shop and Madea Goes To Jail and TV’s Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne.
When her onscreen father Bill Cosby, 88, faced accusations of sexual abuse and was later jailed, the actress very publicly supported the comedian in court.
She did however refused to defend the man himself, and acknowledged that Cosby had been with other women over the course of his 53 year marriage to wife Camille.
When asked how she was able to stand by Cosby’s side despite all the women who have accused him of assault and his own admission that he had given drugs to females he wanted to have sex with, Pulliam said it was because the man is her family.
The Cosby Show’s Keshia, now 46, is the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Emmy after landing the nod at the age of just six for her role as Rudy Huxtable in the iconic sitcom
After The Cosby Show ended in 1992, she continued to find work as an actress, starring in films such as Beauty Shop and Madea Goes To Jail and TV’s Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne
When her onscreen father Bill Cosby faced accusations of sexual abuse and was later jailed, the actress very publicly supported the comedian in court (The Cosby Show cast pictured)
Keivonn Montreal – 10-years-old
Another youngster who has set an Emmy record who became the youngest nominee to in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category in 2023.
The 10-year-old, who is also deaf, won plaudits for his role as apocalypse survivor Sam in HBO’s The Last Of Us.
While he may have lost to co-star Nick Offerman, he did land an Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance as well as being named Time’s Kid of the Year.
Another youngster who has set an Emmy record who became the youngest nominee to in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category in 2023 (Pictured on The Last Of Us)
The 10-year-old, who is also deaf, won plaudits for his role as apocalypse survivor Sam in HBO’s The Last Of Us
Millie Bobby Brown – 13-years-old
As Eleven in Netflix’s smash hit series Stranger Things, actress Millie landed two Emmy nominations for Supporting Actress at the tender age of 13 in 2017 again at 14 a year later.
She went on to open up about the pressure of the Emmy’s, telling Wired:'”Ooh, well, this is… I don’t really know much about what this really means, but I definitely was nominated twice, at the ripe age of 12 and 14, I think?’.
‘Alrighty. That gives me anxiety’.
Despite not winning either award Millie’s career has only gone from strength to strength and most recently reportedly earned an eye-watering £7M for her starring role in the Enola Holmes sequel.
As Eleven in Netflix’s smash hit series Stranger Things, actress Millie landed two Emmy nominations at the tender age of 13 in 2017 again at 14 a year later (pictured 2018)
She went on to open up about the pressure of the Emmy’s saying: ‘Alrighty. That gives me anxiety’ (Pictured 2017)
Despite not winning either award Millie’s career has only gone from strength to strength and most recently reportedly earned for her starring role in the Enola Holmes sequel
Scott Jacoby- 16-years-old
Scott Jacoby is the youngest male, made history when he bagged the Best Supporting Actor at just 16 in 1973 for TV movie That Certain Summer.
The film is also considered the first network drama to depict a stable, same-sex couple on American television.
It told the story of a gay couple played by Martin Sheen and Hal Holbrook as they are forced to come out to the latter’s teenage son (played by Jacoby).
The actor, now 68, went on to appear in The Golden Girls, Murder She Wrote and a string of horror movies before retiring in 1991.
Scott Jacoby is the youngest male, made history when he bagged the Best Supporting Actor at just 16 in 1973 for TV movie That Certain Summer
The film is also considered the first network drama to depict a stable, same-sex couple on American television
Frankie Muniz -15-years-old
Frankie was just a teen when he rocketed to fame in 2000 as the titular star of Malcolm In The Middle, playing a a child genius and earned a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001.
By 2003 he was dubbed one of ‘Hollywood’s most bankable teens’ having appeared in a string of movies including Big Fat Liar and Agent Cody Banks.
Yet when his sitcom came to an end three years later, he expressed a desire to leave traditional Hollywood film roles behind, saying: ‘Growing up has never scared me until last year. I started thinking about getting older, being an adult, and it scared me.
‘Hopefully things will work out in my career. If they don’t, then it was never meant to be.’
While he continued to work on films and TV shows he didn’t achieve the same level of fame he had as a child and he soon put his acting career on hold to pursue racing.
Frankie was just a teen when he rocketed to fame in 2000 as the titular star of Malcolm In The Middle, playing a a child genius and earned a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 (pictured on the show)
By 2003 he was dubbed one of ‘Hollywood’s most bankable teens’ having appeared in a string of movies including Big Fat Liar and Agent Cody Banks (Cast pictured)
However the show is now set to return after it was revealed that Disney+ is bringing the show back for a limited series, with originals stars Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek returning as Malcom’s parents, alongside Frankie.
After making a name for himself on the circuit, last year Frankie revealed he was becoming a NASCAR racer at the age of 38.
However the show is now set to return after it was revealed that Disney+ is bringing the show back for a limited series, with originals stars Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek returning as Malcom’s parents, alongside Frankie.
Roxana Zal – 14-years-old
The youngest person ever to win a Primetime Emmy is Roxana Zal, who at just 14 scored the Best Supporting Actress gong in 1984 for her role TV movie Something About Amelia.
The drama told the story of the psychological trauma caused in a family by a father’s molestation of his daughter and also starred Ted Danson and Glenn Close.
Roxana went on to appear in supporting roles in NCIS, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and was a regular cast member on the telenovela Watch Over Me.
She later retired from acting to work in the fashion industry.
In 1990, Zal appeared in a number of made-for-television and independent films playing supporting roles. She also guest starred in a number of television series, including an, The Pretender and NCIS. In 2006, she was a regular cast member on the MyNetworkTV telenovela Watch Over Me.
The youngest person ever to win a Primetime Emmy is Roxana Zal, who at just 14 scored the Best Supporting Actress gong in 1984 for her role TV movie Something About Amelia
The drama told the story of the psychological trauma caused in a family by a father’s molestation of his daughter and also starred Ted Danson and Glenn Close
