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Who is Owen Cooper? Everything you need to know about the youngest ever Soccer Aid player

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Owen 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.

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