"The 22-year-old actor won the Outstanding Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program category at last night's (2 March) Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his role as queer teen Charlie Spring in Netflix series Heartstopper. Joe Locke beat his Heartstopper co-star Kit Connor to the award, as well as Time Bandits star Lisa Kudrow, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew actor Jude Law, Goosebumps: The Vanishing star David Schwimmer, Malory Towers actress Danya Griver and The Primrose Railway Children actor Nina Toussaint-White."
"It won the Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Series gong for 'Journey', the emotional fourth episode of its third season, which sees Locke's character Charlie seek treatment for anorexia and OCD. Alice Oseman, who created the Heartstopper graphic novels and adapted the novels for Netflix, was on hand to collect the accolade."
"Heartstopper is set to conclude with a film, entitled Heartstopper Forever, due for release on Netflix this summer. It will follow leading characters Charlie and Nick as try and maintain their relationship long distance, as Nick heads to university."
Joe Locke, 22, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his role as queer teen Charlie Spring in Netflix's Heartstopper. He defeated his co-star Kit Connor and other notable actors including Jude Law and David Schwimmer. Heartstopper was nominated for three Emmy categories and won Outstanding Writing for a Young Teen Series for the fourth episode of season three, 'Journey,' which addresses Charlie's treatment for anorexia and OCD. Creator Alice Oseman collected the writing award. The series will conclude with a film, Heartstopper Forever, releasing on Netflix this summer, following characters Charlie and Nick navigating a long-distance relationship as Nick attends university.
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