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Background[]
Zendaya ( b. 1 September 1996 ) is an American model, dancer, actor, and singer. She was originally a child model and dancer who transitioned into acting and singing, winning a number of accolades and awards for both. She has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances.
Zendaya is best known for her titular role of K.C. Cooper, the teenage spy in the television series K.C. Undercover and as the snarky Michelle Jones, the girlfriend to Spider-Man in the MCU Franchise. She also appeared as a contestant on the 16th season of the ABC dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in 2nd place,
She also earned a global reputation as a singer for her multi-platinum winning duet song "Rewrite the Stars" with Zac Efron from the film The Greatest Showman which she also co-starred in as the trapeze artist Anne Williams.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- Shake It Up! (2010-13) series regular
- Good Luck Charlie (2011) 1 episode
- Pixie Hollow Games (2011)
- Frenemies (2012)
- A.N.T. Farm (2012) 1 episode
- Super Buddies (2013)
- Zapped (2014)
- Black-ish (2015) 1 episode
- K.C. Undercover (2015-18) series regular
- The Guardian Brothers (2016)
- Duck Duck Goose (2016)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- The Greatest Showman (2017)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
- Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
- Dune (2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- Dune: Part Two (2024)
Trivia[]
- Her name of Zendaya means "giving thanks" in the language of the African Shona tribe.
- Is of African, German, Scottish, English and Irish ancestry.
Quotes[]
- "Don't try so hard to fit in, and certainly don't try so hard to be different ... just try hard to be you."
- "Our instinct is to think about the bad things happening in our lives, but at the end of the day it's always more about the people who love you."
- "There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?"
- "I think it’s important to always be very confident in yourself and your beliefs and stay strong in that."
- "The best thing it so realize that you are who you are and you gotta work with what you got."
- "Nobody's ugly, that doesn't exist. I say, take the time to get to know who you are, take the time to love yourself, and everything will be all right."
- "You don’t have to be older to live your dreams; you can do it at any age. It’s possible."
- "There is no such thing as ugly. That’s a word that doesn’t really enter my vocabulary. If there’s any definition to being perfect, you’re perfect at being yourself."
- "A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of."