Who is Owen Cooper? Everything you need to know about Soccer Aid star

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to content IndependentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our app AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRelated: Owen Cooper says Soccer Aid is ‘the highlight of it all’ despite BAFTA and Emmy successOwen Cooper has made history as the youngest Soccer Aid participant ever.The 16-year-old actor played at the London Stadium on Sunday, alongside the likes of Wayne Rooney and GK Barry. Cooper, born in Warrington, has won a string of awards for his performance as Jamie Miller in the hit Netflix drama Adolescence. He recently beat co-star Ashley Walters to win a BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since Adolescence, Cooper has gone on to appear in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, in which he starred as young Heathcliff.In fullThe Owen Cooper effect: How the BAFTA star’s drama school has turned into the Rada of the NorthThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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