Zendaya

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, better known simply as Zendaya, is an American actress, singer, dancer, and model. She appeared in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up from 2010-2013 as Rocky Blue, which she is best known for. She also starred as Halley Brandon in the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies, and guest starred as Sequoia Jones in the A.N.T. Farm episode "Creative ConsultANT" and as herself in the Disney Channel reality series PrankStars. In 2014, she starred as Zoey Stevens in the Disney Channel Original Movie Zapped.

In addition, she voiced Lollipop in Super Buddies and character Fern in the 2011 Pixie Hollow Games TV special, also singing the theme song, "Dig Down Deeper". She also played Maya Calais in the ABC TV show Black-ish. In March 2013, Zendaya would compete on the 16th season of the ABC realty dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, being partnered with pro Val Chmerkovskiy, despite receiving praise from the judges and obtaining the highest scores, she finished runner-up during the finale

She portrayed both the titular character, K.C. Cooper, and Bernice in K.C. Undercover from 2015-2018 and guest starred as herself in the Walk the Prank episode "K.C. Undercover Edition". She also portrayed Michelle Jones-Watson in the Marvel films Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Apart from her Disney roles, Zendaya portrayed Anne Wheeler in the 2017 Fox film The Greatest Showman, Rue Bennett in the HBO teen drama Euphoria, Marie Jones in the 2021 Netflix film Malcolm & Marie, and Chani in the 2021 Warner Bros. adaptation of Dune. She also voiced Chi in the 2018 animated film Duck Duck Goose and Meechee and Lola Bunny in the Warner Bros. films Smallfoot and Space Jam A New Legacy, respectively.

Zendaya became engaged to her longtime boyfriend Tom Holland, around the Christmas period in 2024. Their engagement was announced on January 6, 2025.^[1]

Roles

Trivia

Zendaya always goes by her first name.
She gained fame for playing Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up.
- Zendaya was 14 when she first started out at Disney.
Zendaya wanted to "re-invent" MJ before getting the role of Michelle. This is something Marvel also wanted to do before Zendaya was cast.^[2]
She filmed another movie during the Coronavirus pandemic in June 2020 and had to test for the virus a lot.
She was a part of Disney for 8 years.
Zendaya won her first Emmy Award in 2020 for her role of Rue in Euphoria.
Zendaya started dating Spider-Man co-star and on-screen boyfriend, Tom Holland in 2021.^[3] The couple got engaged during the Christmas period of 2024.^[1]
She starred alongside Marvel co-star Don Cheadle in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. Zendaya voiced Lola Bunny whilst Cheadle played a live-action AI.
Zendaya won the "Favorite Movie Actress" Kids Choice Award for her role as MJ in Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[4]
She and Tom Holland will work together in Christopher Nolan's film, "The Odyssey".