Zendaya Coleman Biography

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman commonly known as Zendaya is an American actress and singer who became the youngest winner of the Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Award. She won that award twice for her role as Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria.

Zendaya Coleman Age

Zendaya was born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California, U.S.A. She is 28 years old as of 2024. She celebrates her birthday on September 1st.

Zendaya Coleman Height

She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 10 inches.

Zendaya Coleman Family

Zendaya was born to teachers Claire Stoermer and Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. Her father is an African-American of Nigerian descent while her mother is of German, Irish, English, and Scottish descent. They raised her in Oakland, California alongside her 5 other siblings including Kaylee, Katianna, Julien, Annabella, and Austin. Her mother taught at Fruitvale Elementary School for 2 decades, where Zendaya also studied. Her father stands at a height of 6’2 while her mother stands at a height of 6’4.

When Zendaya was 6 years old, she and her two schoolmates performed a play at Fruitvale Elementary School for Black History Month. 2 years later, she joined a hip-hop dance troupe called Future Shock Oakland, where she was a member for 3 years. She also danced hula at the Academy of Hawaiian Arts for 2 years. Her mother also worked at the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California as the house manager during the summer. The family relocated to Los Angeles when Zendaya was a 7th grader.

Zendaya Coleman Boyfriend

Zendaya is in a relationship with her Spider-Man co-star, Tom Holland. They acknowledged their relationship in November 2021. She owns a condo in Brooklyn and a home in Los Angeles. She is a vegetarian because she loves animals.

Zendaya Coleman Net Worth

She has an estimated net worth of between $30 million, which she has earned through her work as an actress and singer.

Zendaya Coleman Salary

According to IMDB, Zendaya received a salary of $10,000,000 for her role in Challengers and $300,000 for her role in Dune: Part One.

Zendaya Coleman Euphoria

Coleman starred as Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria. Rue was born 3 days after 9/11(September 14, 2001) and is a teenage drug addict fresh out of rehab struggling to find her place in the world. She narrates the series and lives with her mom and sister. Before the 1st season started, her father had passed away from cancer.

Lexi is her best friend, having known each other since preschool. In the first season, the plot follows her relationship with Jules. The next season follows her struggle with addiction, her involvement with drug trafficking, and her relationship with Jules.

Zendaya’s role in HBO’s Euphoria won her two Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards, making her the youngest actress(24) to win the award and the second African-American to win the award, after Viola Davis. Additionally, she won 4 nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, making her the youngest producer nominee ever at the Emmy Awards. Moreover, she won a Golden Globe Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Award, a BET Award, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, three Black Reel Awards, and a Satellite Award. She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Zendaya Coleman Dune

Zendaya starred as Chani Kynes in Dune in 2021 and reprised her role in Dune: Part Two in 2024. Chani is the daughter of the Imperial Planetologist, Liet-Kynes and Faroula. In Dune, she appears in Paul Atreides’ dream. In the second installment, she is his love interest. They fall in love when Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica, seek refuge among the Fremen while running away from the family.

Zendaya Coleman Challengers

Zendaya starred as Tashi Duncan in Challengers in 2024. The film follows the love triangle between Tashi, her ex-boyfriend, Patrick Zweig, and her husband, Art Donaldson, across 13 years of their relationship, resulting in the latter two’s match at the ATP Challenger Tour. Tashi is a rising tennis star whose tennis career was stopped due to an ACL tear. She now works as the coach of her tennis champion husband, Art. According to IMDB, Zendaya received a salary of $10,000,000 for her role in Challengers

Zendaya Coleman Ethnicity

Zendaya is of Nigerian, German, Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Her name “Zendaya” is derived from the Shona name, Tendai, which means “to give thanks.”

Zendaya Coleman Education

While studying at Oakland School for the Arts, Zendaya was cast in multiple roles in regional theatres. She portrayed Little Ti Moune in Once on This Island at the Berkeley Playhouse and Joe in Caroline, or Change in the TheaterWorks’ production in Palo Alto. She also studied at the American Conservatory Theater and the CalShakes Conservatory program. In 2015, she graduated from Oak Park High School while pursuing an acting career.

Zendaya Coleman Career

Zendaya became the youngest winner of the Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Award for her portrayal of Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria, winning the award twice. She also has a Golden Globe Award. Time included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Zendaya kickstarted her career as a child model and backup dancer. While growing up, she performed at the nearby California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California. She has appeared in multiple performances of William Shakespeare’s plays including Richard III, As You Like It, and a production of Twelfth Night. She also sold fundraising tickets and helped her seat patrons, ultimately getting the inspiration to act from the theatrical performances. At the age of 8, she joined a hip-hop dance troupe called Future Shock Oakland, where she was a member for 3 years.

Zendaya debuted on TV starring as Rocky Blue in Disney Channel’s Shake It Up from 2010 to 2013. In August 2013, she published her book Between U and Me: How to Rock Your Tween Years with Style and Confidence. Further, she starred as K.C. in the channel’s K.C. Undercover from 2015 to 2018. In 2017, she had her feature film debut portraying MJ in Spider-Man: Homecoming, reprising the role in its sequels Far From Home in 2019 and No Way Home in 2021. She has also starred in  The Greatest Showman, Malcolm & Marie, Challengers, Dune, and Dune: Part Two.

Singing Career

Besides acting, Zendaya is a singer who released the singles Swag It Out and Watch Me in 2011. The following year, she signed with Hollywood Records, releasing her eponymous debut studio album in 2013. The album’s single Replay hit the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. She collaborated with Zac Efron in Rewrite the Stars for The Greatest Showman soundtrack in 2017. The song hit the top 20 of multiple record charts and has earned multi-platinum sales certifications worldwide. Additionally, she has written and performed multiple songs for Euphoria.

Awards and Recognitions

During her acting and singing career, Zendaya has received multiple awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Moreover, she earned nominations for an AACTA Award, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

For her performance as Rocky Blue in Shake It Up and her work on the show’s soundtrack, she won two  NAACP Image Awards nominations, a Radio Disney Music Award, and three Young Artist Awards. She won three Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Female TV Star for her acting in K.C. Undercover.

Zendaya won multiple  Kids’ Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards for her performance in  The Greatest Showman. For her work producing and acting in Malcolm & Marie, she won a  Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Award nomination. For her role as MJ in Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s sequel, Far from Home, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Award.

Zendaya’s role in HBO’s Euphoria won her two Primetime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Awards, making her the youngest actress(24) to win the award and the second African-American to win the award, after Viola Davis. Additionally, she won 4 nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, making her the youngest producer nominee ever at the Emmy Awards. Moreover, she won a Golden Globe Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Award, a BET Award, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, three Black Reel Awards, and a Satellite Award. She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Fashion and Business

Zendaya was the face of X-Out, Beats Electronics, CoverGirl, Material Girl, and Chi Hair Care. She also worked as a model for Dolce & Gabbana and Michael Kors. She presented the Daya, a shoe collection named after her childhood nickname, in August 2015. In November of the following year, she established her clothing line, Daya by Zendaya. Her second collection was gender-fluid and had a variety of different sizes.

Zendaya became the brand ambassador of Tommy Hilfiger in October 2018. She also co-designed Tommy x Zendaya capsule collections. Further, she was inspired by the 1970s namely the strong and iconic women. She has had runway shows at New York Fashion Week and  Paris Fashion Week, which have received praise for commemorating inclusivity and diversity like plus-size women, women of color, and models aged up to 70. The shows were homage to trailblazing model icons.

Zendaya became the spokesmodel for Lancôme in 2019 and for Valentino and Bulgari in 2020. Glaceau SmartWater named her its global brand ambassador in June 2022. The following year, she became Louis Vuitton’s ambassador. Net-a-Porter named her as one of 2018’s best-dressed women.

During InStyle’s September 2020 issue, she alongside her stylist, Law Roach, decided to use all black artists, designers, and creatives. Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana(CNMI) granted her their  Green Carpet Fashion Award in October 2020 for endorsing inclusion and diversity in film and fashion. In November, Zendaya won the CFDA Fashion Icon Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards, making her the youngest person to win the award.

Philanthropy and Activism

Zendaya has given her time and efforts to support multiple charities and causes. She became the ambassador for Convoy of Hope in 2012, encouraging fans to fund Hurricane Sandy’s response endeavors. That same year, she performed at the medical Operation Smile benefit. In 2013, she endorsed other relief endeavors including partaking in P&G’s Mean Stinks movement in October and co-hosting the countrywide live-streamed assembly joined by nearly 500 schools.

Zendaya donated some of her proceeds from her performance of John Legend’s “All of Me” to Convoy of Hope in 2014. That same year, she served as the campaign spokesperson for  UNICEF’s Trick-or-Treat. In July of the following year, she went to South Africa alongside UNAIDS, a program designed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and create access to its treatment.

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In collaboration with CrowdRise, Zendaya held a fundraiser and gave the proceeds to Ikageng charity in Soweto for a family of AIDS orphans. She commemorated her 20th birthday with a campaign to collect $50,000 to support Convoy’s Women’s Empowerment Initiative in 2016. After the selling of Malcolm & Marie in September 2020, some of the proceeds were donated to Feeding America.

Zendaya endorses crusades aimed at increasing awareness of deprived schools and underserved communities. She worked as a spokesperson for Verizon Foundation’s #WeNeedMore initiative in September 2017 aimed at bringing access, technology, and learning opportunities to children. That same year, she alongside her Spider-Man: Homecoming costars fronted a PSA for the awareness campaign, Stomp Out Bullying. She partnered with Google.org in March 2018 to help students at an Oakland community school by funding a creative computer science curriculum.

Zendaya is a feminist who previously commented on her experience as a black female in Hollywood. In June 2020, she participated in the George Floyd protests, briefly lending her Instagram account to Patrisse Cullors to share anti-racism resources and media. Further, she participated in the “Vote Your Future” initiative in October 2016 and appeared in a campaign video.

In partnership with  Michelle Obama, and her “When We All Vote” nonpartisan organization, Zendaya encouraged her fans to look into their voter registration before the elections in September 2020. The following month, she reminded people to vote by sharing a video of her casting a vote.

Zendaya Coleman Movies and TV Shows

Zendaya has starred in several movies and TV shows such as

• Shake It Up
• PrankStars
• Pixie Hollow Games
• A.N.T. Farm
• Frenemies
• Zapped
• K.C. Undercover
• Lemonade
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Duck Duck Goose
• Space Jam: A New Legacy
• Is That Black Enough for You?!?
• The OA
• Dune: Part Two
• Challengers