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Two years aft taking location the Emmy Award astatine the Outstanding Lead histrion successful a Drama Series for her relation successful Euphoria, Zendaya did it again astatine the 2022 Emmys.
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Zendaya is connected a large high.
The 26-year-old took the signifier astatine Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater to judge the 2022 Emmy for grant for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Drama Series for her relation arsenic Rue Bennett in Euphoria—her 2nd triumph successful the category.
In an affectional acceptance speech, Zendaya thanked the show's cast and unit for making Euphoria "such a harmless abstraction to marque this precise hard show." She besides shared her anticipation that the series strikes a chord with others struggling with issues similar Rue's.
"My top privation for Euphoria was that it could assistance heal radical and I conscionable privation to accidental convey you to everyone who has shared their communicative with me," she said. "I privation you to cognize that anyone who has loved a Rue oregon feels similar they are a Rue, I'm truthful grateful for your stories and I transportation them with maine and transportation them with her. Thank you truthful much."
(See each the 2022 Emmy winners here)
Zendaya's victory makes her archetypal Black pistillate to triumph the Emmy for pb histrion successful a play bid twice, and the youngest two-time victor of immoderate Emmy successful history.
The actress was up against immoderate stiff contention successful the category, including, Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Laura Linney (Ozark), Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets) and Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show).
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For her musical enactment connected the HBO play series, Zendaya garnered 2 different Emmy nominations this year—both successful the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics class for "Elliot's Song" and "I'm Tired"—making her the is the archetypal Black pistillate to beryllium nominated for acting and songwriting successful the aforesaid year. However, she mislaid retired to Cinco Paul and his opus "Corn Puddin'" from the Apple TV+ philharmonic drama Schmigadoon!.
In 2020, Zendaya picked up her archetypal Emmy successful the Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Drama Series class for her enactment connected play 1 of Euphoria. The Spider-Man: No Way Home actress, who was 24 years aged astatine the time, became the youngest ever winner successful the category.
"There is anticipation successful the young radical retired there," Zendaya portion accepting her award astatine the virtual ceremonial successful 2020. "I cognize our TV amusement doesn't ever consciousness similar a large illustration of that, but determination is anticipation successful the young people. And to my peers retired determination doing the enactment successful the streets, I spot you, I respect you and I convey you. And convey you so, truthful much."
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Watch the 2022 Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock followed by the Live From E!: Emmys After Party astatine 11 p.m. ET/PT connected E!.
