It is Zendaya’s world, and we’re conscionable surviving successful it. Zendaya took location the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Drama Series and made history portion she was astatine it. The 26-year-old is present the youngest pistillate to triumph 2 acting Emmys. She is besides the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph the Lead Actress grant twice.
Here's Zendaya's afloat acceptance code for pb histrion successful a play bid for #Euphoria. https://t.co/h3GrtHDmKy pic.twitter.com/qRsOpZaLfI
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Zendaya received a lasting ovation arsenic she went to the signifier to judge her award. She was adjacent tears arsenic she made her thanks. She had peculiar acknowledgment for Euphoria creator Sam Levinson who “believed” successful her adjacent erstwhile she didn’t judge successful herself.
“And past lastly, I conscionable privation to accidental my top privation for Euphoria was that it could assistance people,” an affectional Zendaya said. “I conscionable privation to accidental convey you to everyone who has shared their communicative with me. I privation you to cognize that anyone who has loved a Rue oregon feels similar they are a Rue, I privation you to cognize I’m truthful grateful for your stories. And I transportation them with maine and I transportation them with her.”
Zendaya’s show arsenic Rue Bennett successful Euphoria play 2 was thing abbreviated of extraordinary. Rue’s intelligence breakdown successful episode 5 was 1 of the champion performances of the year. Zendaya wholly transformed into Rue arsenic the quality descended into a unsafe and affectional relapse.

Before the ceremony, Zendaya wholly slayed on the Emmys carpet. She dazzled successful a strapless achromatic gown designed by Valentino. Zendaya besides wore a stunning achromatic golden necklace from Bulgari that had implicit 17 carats of diamonds, which she besides paired with a diamond ringing and diamond studs.
Zendaya’s Emmy triumph this twelvemonth marked the archetypal clip the histrion was capable to judge the grant successful person. She won her archetypal Emmy successful 2020 and had to judge the grant successful idiosyncratic owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.