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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman was born on September 1, 1996 in Oakland, California. -
In 2002, she and two school friends put on a play there for Black History Month. -
In 2004, Zendaya joined a hip hop dance group called Future Shock Oakland and was a member for three years. She also spent two years hula dancing at The Academy of Hawaiian Arts. -
In November 2009, she auditioned for the role of CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel Original Series. -
Zendaya's second single, "Watch Me", which features Bella Thorne as a guest, was released on June 21, 2011. -
Zendaya's first single was called "Swag It Out" which was composed by Bobby Brackins and produced by Glenn A. Foster released in 2011. -
In March 2011, Zendaya was nominated for a Shorty Award for Best Actress. -
Zendaya along with Bella Thorne presented Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off on the Disney Channel in 2011. -
Zendaya's first film role was in Frenemies 2012, a Disney Channel Original Movie alongside Bella Thorne and Stefanie Scott from A.N.T. Farm. -
In February 2013, Zendaya was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 16 of Dancing with the Stars. -
In 2014, Zendaya was a guest judge on an episode of Project Runway: Under the Gunn. -
In 2015, while pursuing an acting career, she graduated from Oak Park High School. -
In February 2015, after a joke made by Giuliana Rancic about Zendaya referring to her hair smelling like "patchouli oil" and "weed" at the 87th Academy Awards,48 Zendaya quickly addressed to Instagram to address the comment and point out that many successful people have locs, a hairstyle that has nothing to do with drugs. Mattel honored Zendaya with her very own Barbie, replicating her look from the Oscars. -
In December 2016, Zendaya appeared as a guest judge on the season finale of the fifteenth season of the reality series Project Runway. -
For her performance, on September 20, 2020, she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, making her the youngest recipient of the award.