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The British actor—who plays a student accused of murdering a classmate in the miniseries Adolescence—beat costar Ashley Walters as well as fellow nominees Javier Bardem from Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Bill Camp and Peter Sarsgaard from Presumed Innocent, as well as Rob Delaney from Dying for Sex for the Emmy honor.
Owen missed out on securing the title of the youngest-ever Emmy winner overall by a year to Roxana Zal, who at age 14, won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series at the 1984 awards for her role in Something About Amelia.
At the 2025 ceremony, Adolescence won eight Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Stephen Graham, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Erin Doherty and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
Read on for more winners of the 2025 Emmys.
—Reporting by Alex Cramer
