Billy Ace Barratt (born ) is an English actor. He became the youngest winner of the

International Emmy Award for Best Actor The International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor is an award presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) dedicated to for male performance from a program originally created for television. Rules and ...

at the age of 13 for his role in the television film '' Responsible Child'' (2019).

Early life

Billy Ace Barratt was born in the

Brixton Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th century ...

area of London, the son of singer and actress Carolyn Owlett and the paternal grandson of Welsh singer

Shakin' Stevens Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although ...

. He attended

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from the age of 11.

Career

Barratt made his film debut in ''To Dream'' (2016) and later played a

street urchin Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers ...

in ''

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'' (2018). He starred as Ray in '' Responsible Child'' (2019), for which he became the youngest winner of the

at the age of 13.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 21st-century English male actors English male film actors Living people English male child actors Male actors from London Actors from the London Borough of Lambeth Year of birth uncertain People from Brixton English people of Welsh descent {{England-actor-stub