Zendaya‘s portrayal of Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria led to her taking residence her second Emmy on Monday, with the previous little one star successful Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama.
Zendaya’s competitors consisted of Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, Ozark‘s Laura Linney, The Morning Show‘s Reese Witherspoon and Yellowjackets‘ Melanie Lynskey.
In 2020, Zendaya took residence the Lead Actress Drama statuette for her efficiency in Euphoria‘s first season, besting perceived frontrunners Jennifer Aniston and Laura Linney. At the time, she made historical past because the youngest girl to win that race.
Earlier this 12 months, TVLine singled Zendaya out as one in every of our Dream Emmy nominees, writing that the Disney Channel alum “is so. damn. good. at what she does.” In Episode 5, aka the hour during which her character’s mom confronted her about her drug relapse, “Zendaya steered Rue through her erratic and emotional hairpin turns at high velocity, careening the character toward disaster but always (barely) pulling her back from the brink.”
She additionally received tons of viewer acclaim, coming in first in amongst TVLine readers in our ballot of who ought to win this 12 months’s Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama. Zendaya nabbed 28 p.c of the vote, adopted by Linney (27 p.c), Lynskey (22 p.c), Comer (12 p.c), Oh (7 p.c) and Witherspoon (5 p.c).
In addition to the performing nod, Zendaya additionally was nominated as an govt producer of her sequence, which was up for Outstanding Drama, and two nominations for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for Season 2’s “Elliot’s Song” and “I’m Tired.” (Schmigadoon‘s “Corn Puddin’” in the end took residence that win at the Creative Arts Emmys, held earlier in September. See a listing of winners.)
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