{"id":413,"date":"2020-07-29T17:25:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T07:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=176153"},"modified":"2020-10-20T23:20:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:20:34","slug":"zendaya-emmy-nomination-euphoria-2020","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/zendaya-emmy-nomination-euphoria-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Zendaya Has Been Nominated For Her First Emmy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The morning of July 28 brought about some lovely news: A record number of black actors and directors have been recognized and nominated for 2020 Emmy Awards. Among them is 23-year-old Zendaya Coleman, nominated for Best Actress in a Drama for her turn as a drug-addicted teenager named Rue in Euphoria<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The trippy, critically-acclaimed series was a major pivot in Zendaya\u2019s career. Springing into the limelight on the Disney Channel\u2019s Shake It Up<\/em>, Zendaya became well-known as one of those wholesome, squeaky-clean kids who would likely go down the same Disney-cum-music path as Miley, Ariana and Britney. Instead, she starred in Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s multigenerational music video \u201cLemonade\u201d \u2013 a time in her career where she seemingly became very comfortable standing up for what she believed in and a moment she wrote about for GRAZIA in 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI have way too many family members and friends who have to deal with not being happy in their own skin literally on a daily basis,\u201d she wrote.<\/a> \u201cThat\u2019s a serious issue and it\u2019s not something you joke about. It\u2019s not light, it\u2019s not funny, it\u2019s not comedy. It\u2019s real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause, at the end of the day, we are all in this together. Humanity, that is. There\u2019s only one earth we can live on and we can\u2019t just get up and leave whenever we want to. We\u2019re all stuck here together and we\u2019ve got to appreciate each other and love each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it was her role as Rue \u2013 a dark contrast to her Disney days \u2013 that made her the women she is today, Zendaya says. The young actress is up for the Best Actress award alongside Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show<\/em>), Olivia Coleman (The Crown<\/em>) Laura Linney (Ozark<\/em>), and Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer (both in Killing Eve<\/em>).<\/p>\n

READ: ZENDAYA AND HER \u2018EUPHORIA\u2019 CO-STAR TURNED BOYFRIEND JACOB ELORDI HAVE BEEN TROLLING US FOR MONTHS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honestly speechless, my heart is just overflowing with love and gratitude,\u201d Zendaya wrote on her Instagram. \u201cI\u2019m so incredibly honored to work beside the talented people that I get to call family. I am a small piece of a big beautiful puzzle and I\u2019m so proud of all of you. Thank you to everyone out there who\u2019s watched and given our show life\u2026 We out here Emmy nominated y\u2019all!\u201d<\/p>\n

We are all rooting for Zendaya to win!<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Emmy Awards will take place virtually on September 20 and will be hosted by\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel.<\/p>\n

See a complete list of 2020 Emmy nominations here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n