Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman ( born September 1, 1996) is an American actress, singer and producer. She began her career as a child model and backup dancer, before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2010–2013).

In 2013, Zendaya was a contestant on the sixteenth season of the competition series Dancing with the Stars. From 2015 to 2018, she produced and starred as the titular spy, K.C. Cooper, in the sitcom K.C. Undercover. Her performance as a teenager struggling with drug addiction in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–present) led her to become the youngest winner of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Her film roles include supporting parts in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017) and the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and its sequel, Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019).
Zendaya began her career in music by recording songs independently and releasing the singles "Swag It Out" and "Watch Me" in 2011, the latter a collaboration with Bella Thorne. She signed with Hollywood Records in 2012 and later released her debut single, "Replay", which reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. In 2013, her self-titled debut studio album debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard 200 chart. "Rewrite the Stars", taken from the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman, was released as a single in 2018. It reached the top twenty of the United Kingdom and Australian national charts and was certified double platinum in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Early life:

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman was born on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California, to teachers Claire Stoermerand Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. Her father is African-American, with roots in Arkansas, while her mother has German and Scottish ancestry; she has five older siblings. Zendaya, whose name derives from the Shona name Tendai, meaning "to give thanks",attended Fruitvale Elementary School, where her mother taught for two decades.At age six, she and her two friends from the school, performed there a play for Black History Month.She grew as a performer in part at the nearby California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California, where her mother worked summers job as the house manager. She helped her seat patrons, sell fund-raising tickets and was inspired by all the theatrical performances to pursue acting.At eight, Zendaya joined a hip-hop dance troupe called Future Shock Oakland, and was a member for three years. She also spent two years dancing hula with AHA, The Academy of Hawaiian Arts.
Zendaya attended Oakland School for the Arts and while still a student scored some roles in area theatres. At the Berkeley Playhouse, she played Little Ti Moune in Once on This Island and in the TheaterWorks' production in Palo Alto, she played a male character Joe in Caroline, or Change.She studied at the CalShakes Conservatory program and at the American Conservatory Theater. Her other stage credits include William Shakespeare's performances, she played Lady Anne in Richard III, Celia in As You Like It, and took part in production of Twelfth NightWhen Zendaya was in seventh grade, the family moved to Los Angeles.In 2015, while pursuing a career, she graduated from Oak Park High School.
(Source:Wikipedia April 2021)

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