WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Owen Cooper hasn’t had thoughts of EGOT. He’s hardly had time to develop that kind of ambition in his short time as an actor. But, presented with the idea, he’s intrigued. And amused.

“Is that the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar and the Tony?” he asks, with a laugh. “I’ve got E, so I want it.”

Cooper does, in fact, have “E.” He won an Emmy Award this year, at 15, for his astonishing-for-any-age performance as a 13-year-old suspected of a killing in Netflix's “Adolescence.” It was his first screen appearance, and his first performance that wasn’t for parents.

Still just 16, he's now been named one of The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025.

Speaking to the AP while sitting on a balcony at a West Hollywood hotel, Cooper concedes he has n

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