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Nominations | 105 |
Zendaya is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades throughout her career, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Satellite Award and a Saturn Award, as well as earning nominations for an AACTA Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
From 2010 to 2013, Zendaya starred in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up . For her performance as Rocky Blue and her work on the show's soundtrack, she was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one Radio Disney Music Award and three Young Artist Awards. She played the titular character in the sitcom K.C. Undercover (2015–2018), which won her three Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Female TV Star.
Her film roles include a supporting part as a trapeze artist in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), for which she won various Kids' Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards, and the leading role in the romantic-drama Malcolm & Marie (2021), which she also produced and earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. Zendaya has portrayed MJ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting from the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming , and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for its sequel Far from Home (2019). She produced and starred in the Luca Guadagnino film Challengers (2024), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Since 2019, Zendaya stars as Rue Bennett on the HBO teen drama series Euphoria , for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. At age 24, she is the youngest winner of the Drama Lead Actress category in history and also the second African American to win the award, following Viola Davis. [1] She received four nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, making her the youngest producer nominee ever at the Emmy Awards. [2] For this role, she has also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama along with a BET Award, three Black Reel Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award, while she has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) is a Canadian American association of television, radio and online critics that each year organizes various award shows that honor the finest in cinematic or television achievement; these include the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, the Critics' Choice Television Awards, the Critics' Choice Super Awards, and the Celebration of Cinema and Television ceremony.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Movie Awards | ||||
2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Best Actress | Nominated | [3] |
Zendaya | #SeeHer Award | Won | [4] | |
Television Awards | ||||
2020 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | [5] |
2023 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Won | [6] |
Super Awards | ||||
2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Best Actress in a Superhero Movie | Nominated | [7] |
Celebration of Black Cinema Awards | ||||
2021 | Malcolm & Marie | NextGen Award (shared with John David Washington) | Won | [8] |
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize excellence in both American and international film and television productions.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama | Won | [9] |
2025 | Challengers | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy [b] [c] | Pending | [11] |
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Pending |
The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Euphoria | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won | [12] |
2022 | Euphoria | Outstanding Drama Series [d] | Nominated | |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Won | |||
"Elliot's Song" (shared with Labrinth and Muz) | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Nominated | ||
"I'm Tired" (shared with Labrinth and Sam Levinson) | Nominated |
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are organized by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). First awarded in 1995, the awards aim to recognize excellent achievements in film and television.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Euphoria | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | [13] |
The AACTA International Awards are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to recognize and honor achievements in the global film and television industry.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Series | Nominated | [14] |
The BET Awards are an American award show established by the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network to celebrate African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Zendaya | YoungStars Award | Nominated | [15] |
2015 | Zendaya | YoungStars Award | Nominated | [16] |
2020 | Zendaya | Best Actress | Nominated | [17] |
2021 | Zendaya | Best Actress | Nominated | [18] |
2022 | Zendaya | Best Actress | Won | [19] |
2023 | Zendaya | Best Actress | Nominated | [20] |
The Black Reel Awards are an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film (FAAAF) to recognize excellence of African Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora, in the global film industry, as assessed by the Foundation's voting membership.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Euphoria | Outstanding Actress, Drama Series | Won | [21] |
2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Outstanding Actress | Nominated | [22] |
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | Nominated | |||
2022 | Euphoria | Outstanding Actress, Drama Series | Won | [23] |
"I'm Tired" | Outstanding Original Song (shared with Labrinth and Sam Levinson) | Won |
The CDFA Fashion Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA). They were founded in 1980 to honor excellence in fashion design.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Zendaya | Fashion Icon | Won | [24] |
The CinemaCon is an annual convention controlled by the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) which bestows various awards that honor cinematic achievements each year.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Zendaya | Star of the Year Award | Won | [25] |
The Dorian Awards are film and television accolades given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Euphoria | Best TV Performance | Nominated | [26] |
The Glamour Awards is an annual set of awards hosted by Glamour to honor "extraordinary and inspirational" women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medicine, education and politics.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Zendaya | The Voice for Girls | Won | [27] |
The Gotham Awards are American film awards presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute to honor the makers of independent films.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Challengers | Best Feature [c] | Nominated | [28] |
Spotlight Tribute | Won | [29] |
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Euphoria | Best Dramatic TV Performance | Nominated | [30] |
The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Zendaya | Biggest Triple Threat | Nominated | [31] |
The MTV Movie & TV Awards is an annual award show presented by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in films. Founded in 1992, the winners of the awards are decided online by the audience.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Best Performance in a Movie | Nominated | [32] |
2022 | Euphoria | Best Performance in a Show | Won | [33] |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | Best Kiss (shared with Tom Holland) | Nominated |
The NAACP Image Awards are an annual awards ceremony presented by the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Shake It Up | Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Nominated | [34] |
2014 | Shake It Up | Outstanding Performance by a Youth | Nominated | [35] |
2022 | Malcolm & Marie | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated | [36] |
2023 | Euphoria | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated | [37] |
Zendaya | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated |
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards are an annual American children's awards ceremony show that is produced by Nickelodeon.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | K.C. Undercover | Favorite Female TV Star | Won | [38] |
2017 | K.C. Undercover | Favorite Female TV Star | Won | [39] |
2018 | K.C. Undercover | Favorite Female TV Star | Nominated | [40] |
Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman | Favorite Movie Actress | Won | ||
2019 | K.C. Undercover | Favorite Female TV Star | Won | [41] |
Smallfoot | Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie | Nominated | ||
2020 | Spider-Man: Far from Home | Favorite Movie Actress | Nominated | [42] |
2022 | Dune and Spider-Man: No Way Home | Favorite Movie Actress | Won | [43] |
2024 | Dune: Part Two | Favorite Movie Actress | Nominated | [44] |
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Euphoria | Favorite Drama TV Star of the Year | Won | [45] |
Spider-Man: Far from Home | Favorite Female Movie Star of the Year | Won | ||
2020 | Zendaya | Favorite Style Star of the Year | Won | [46] |
2022 | Euphoria | Favorite Drama TV Star of the Year | Nominated | [47] |
The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA) is an annual awards show operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | "Fashion Is My Kryptonite" | Best Music Video (shared with Bella Thorne) | Nominated | [48] |
2014 | Zendaya | Breakout Artist | Nominated | [49] [50] |
Best Style | Won | |||
2015 | Zendaya | Best Style | Nominated | [51] |
2016 | Zendaya | Best Style | Nominated | [52] |
The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series | Won | [53] |
2021 | Euphoria Two-Part Special | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | [54] |
2023 | Euphoria | Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series | Nominated | [55] |
The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. They were initially created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror on film, but have since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as television and home media releases.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Nominated | [56] |
2019 | Spider-Man: Far from Home | Best Supporting Actress | Won | [57] |
2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Best Actress | Nominated | [58] |
2025 | Dune: Part Two | Best Supporting Actress | Pending | [59] |
The Shorty Awards is an annual awards show recognizing the people and organizations that produce real-time short form content across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and the rest of the social web.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Zendaya | Best Celebrity | Won | [60] |
The Teen Choice Awards are an annual awards show that airs on the Fox television network. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the US, aged 13 and over, through various social media sites.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Zendaya | Choice Music Breakout Artist | Nominated | [61] |
Choice Candie's Style Icon | Won | |||
2015 | K.C. Undercover | Choice TV Actress Comedy | Nominated | [62] |
2016 | "Something New" | Choice Music R&B/Hip-Hop Song | Nominated | [63] |
Zendaya | Choice Style Female | Won | ||
2017 | K.C. Undercover | Choice TV Actress Comedy | Nominated | [64] |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Choice Summer Movie Actress | Won | ||
Choice Breakout Movie Star | Nominated | |||
Zendaya | Choice Twit | Nominated | ||
Choice Style Icon | Nominated | |||
Choice Female Hottie | Nominated | |||
2018 | The Greatest Showman | Choice Movie Actress Drama | Won | [65] |
Choice Movie Ship (shared with Zac Efron) | Won | |||
Choice Liplock (shared with Zac Efron) | Nominated | |||
"Rewrite the Stars" | Choice Collaboration (shared with Zac Efron) | Won | ||
Zendaya | Choice Style Icon | Nominated | ||
2019 | Spider-Man: Far from Home | Choice Summer Movie Actress | Won | [66] |
The World Music Awards is an international award show based in Monte Carlo and presented to the world's best-selling artists in a number of categories.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | "Replay" | World's Best Song | Nominated | [67] |
World's Best Video | Nominated | [68] | ||
Zendaya | World's Best Female Artist | Nominated | [69] |
The Young Artist Award is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers.
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Shake It Up | Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series [e] | Nominated | [70] |
2012 | Shake It Up | Outstanding Leading Young Actress in a TV Series | Nominated | [71] |
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series [e] | Nominated | |||
2013 | Frenemies | Outstanding Leading Young Actress in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special | Nominated | [72] |
Year | Nominated work | Festival | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Malcolm & Marie | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Won | [85] |
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards to recognize the work of television actresses in the drama genre. It was introduced in 2011, when the awards ceremony was first initiated. The winners are voted for by television critics who are members of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
Higher Ground Productions, also known simply as Higher Ground, is an American production company which was founded in 2018 by former United States President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Abbott Elementary is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, a perpetually optimistic second-grade teacher at the underfunded Abbott Elementary, a fictional predominantly Black public school in Philadelphia. The ensemble cast includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.