At 26, Zendaya has grow to be the youngest lead actor in a drama sequence and the primary Black girl to win two Emmy awards in the identical class.
She grew to become the youngest Emmy winner in 2020 for her efficiency in common teen-show Euphoria and bagged it for a similar present this time round as effectively. In accordance with Selection, she thanked the solid and crew of of the sequence and people who have shared along with her their tales of habit in her speech.
“My best want for Euphoria was that it may assist heal individuals, and I simply wish to say thanks to everybody who shared their story with me,” she stated. “I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like you are a Rue, I’m so grateful for your stories and I carry them with me and carry them with her. Thank you so much.”
Together with Zendaya, the listing of nominees for the award included famend actors similar to Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Laura Linney (Ozark), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) and Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Present).
She performs Rue within the present, a personality who struggles with a drug habit. It returned for a second season this yr after its debut in 2019. Euphoria is a binge-worthy highschool drama that follows a gaggle of scholars as they wrestle with medicine, love, social media and cash as they arrive of age whereas attempting to determine their id. The solid additionally contains Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Sydney Sweeney, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Eric Dane, Algee Smith, Angus Cloud and musician Dominic Fike.
The sequence scored a season three renewal in February after the profitable season. The season two premiere episode on Jan 9 raked in 14 million complete viewers throughout HBO and HBO Max on the time and viewership doubled in comparison with season one.
Zendaya’s look at this yr’s awards present set a file for the youngest star to obtain an Emmy nomination for producing.
