Newcomer Owen Cooper is on the road to stardom after playing Jamie Miller in Netflix’s Adolescence miniseries.

“Everyone’s been saying such nice things,” Cooper shared during a March 2025 interview with Variety following the show’s premiere. “My agent has seen it and she said it was really good. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t really watch it like I’m watching a normal show. I just watch it because I’m in it.”

The seemingly modest young star said he has “heard positive things” from the series, which is getting him early Emmy Awards buzz.

Cooper also noted that costar Stephen Graham, who played his dad on the show, was “always checking in” throughout the emotionally charged shoot.

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