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Zendaya made history on Monday night as she became the youngest two-time Emmy Award winner for acting.
The star, 26, took home the coveted Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series gong for her performance as addiction-plagued teen Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria.
She delivered an emotional acceptance speech which touched on her ‘greatest wish’ for the coming-of-age drama, as well as how the vulnerability of Euphoria fans has inspired her on and off screen.
She did it again! Zendaya made history on Monday night as she became the youngest two-time Emmy Award winner
‘My greatest wish for Euphoria was that it could help heal people,’ said the former Disney Channel star, who appeared to be holding back tears as she looked out on the crowd of her peers.
‘I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are a Rue, I want you to know that I am so grateful for your stories.
‘And I carry them with me, and I carry them with her.’
Along with being the youngest-ever two-time honoree, she is also the first Black woman in history to take home the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award twice, as reported by Variety.
Winner: The star, 26, took home the coveted Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series gong for her performance as addiction-plagued teen Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria
Emotional: She delivered an emotional acceptance speech which touched on her ‘greatest wish’ for the coming-of-age drama, as well as how the vulnerability of Euphoria fans has inspired her on and off screen
‘My greatest wish for Euphoria was that it could help heal people,’ said the former Disney Channel star, who appeared to be holding back tears as she looked out on the crowd of her peers
Zendaya wowed at the Emmys in a billowing black Valentino gown and Bulgari jewelry curated her go-to stylist Law Roach.
She looked every bit the pageant queen with a voluminous half up, half down hairstyle that was secured in place with a black satin headband.
As for makeup, the Shake It Up alum’s complexion had a radiant glow and her eyelids with dusted a shimmery champagne-toned eyeshadow.
Her plump pout was painted a warm nude shade that was topped with a clear gloss.
Grateful: ‘I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are a Rue, I want you to know that I am so grateful for your stories,’ she said
Incredible: Along with being the youngest-ever two-time honoree, she is also the first Black woman in history to take home the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award twice, as reported by Variety
Last time around: Zendaya walked away with her first Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy in 2020 for her work in Euphoria’s first season
Proud: Zendaya seen posing backstage with her Emmy
Zendaya walked away with her first Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy in 2020 for her work in Euphoria’s first season.
The edgy teen drama, which premiered on HBO in June 2019, follows Rue (Zendaya) and other students at her high school as ‘they navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma and social media.’
Zendaya’s character Rue enters in and out of an addiction to opiates and alcohol as a toxic means of coping with devastating loss of her father to cancer years prior.
Rue’s cycle of addiction is ramped up in Euphoria’s critically-acclaimed second seasons, which kicked off in January and wrapped by end of February 2022.
Wow! Zendaya wowed at the Emmys in a billowing black Valentino gown and Bulgari jewelry curated her go-to stylist Law Roach
Beauty queen: She looked every bit the pageant queen with a voluminous half up, half down hairstyle that was secured in place with a black satin headband
Glamour: As for makeup, the Shake It Up alum’s complexion had a radiant glow and her eyelids with dusted a shimmery champagne-toned eyeshadow. Her plump pout was painted a warm nude shade that was topped with a clear gloss
The 2022 Emmy Awards returned to the Microsoft Theater on September 12, after a two-year absence during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that saw the ceremony moved to the Crypto.com Arena in 2020 and the Event Deck at L.A. Live in 2021.
Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson will be taking over hosting duties for the first time, and he promised that controversies such as Will Smith’s shocking slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ‘won’t happen again’ under his watch.
‘Even if I am roasting [someone], it shouldn’t come across as any sort of malice,’ he told the Associated Press.
The 74th annual award show, which celebrates the best in television, has already awarded a number of honors at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony.
Premise: The edgy teen drama, which premiered on HBO in June 2019, follows Rue (Zendaya) and other students at her high school as ‘they navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma and social media’; Zendaya seen in Euphoria
Heavy: Zendaya’s character Rue enters in and out of an addiction to opiates and alcohol as a toxic means of coping with devastating loss of her father to cancer years prior. Rue’s cycle of addiction is ramped up in Euphoria’s critically-acclaimed second seasons, which kicked off in January and wrapped by end of February 2022; Zendaya seen with co-star Hunter Schafer
The earlier ceremony, spread out over two nights on September 3 and 4, was dominated by scripted shows including The White Lotus, Euphoria and Stranger Things, along with unscripted fare like Adele’s One Night Only special.
HBO’s acclaimed series Succession leads the nominees this year with 25 nominations.
The premium network is also poised for gold thanks to its limited series The White Lotus, which scored 20 nominations and already won five technical awards at the earlier ceremony.
Netflix’s hit South Korean series Squid Game, which made history as the first non-English language nominee in the Best Drama Series category, is once again nominated.
Apple TV+’s feel-good comedy Ted Lasso, which stars Jason Sudeikis, is also competing for an impressive 20 awards at the Emmys.
Among the presenters who have already been announced are Kerry Washington, who is nominated for executive producing Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: The Facts Of Life And Diff’rent Strokes, Selena Gomez, who is up for the Best Comedy Series award as a producer of Only Murders In The Building, Squid Game’s stars Jung Ho-yeon, competing for Best Supporting Actress, and Lee Jung-jae, who is up for Best Actor.
It’s that time again: The 2022 Emmy Awards will take place on September 12 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The show airs at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.
At the helm: Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson will be taking over hosting duties for the first time, and he promised that controversies such as Will Smith’s shocking slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards ‘won’t happen again’ under his watch; seen in November 2021
Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers will likely bring some of the comedy from their late-night shows to the Microsoft Theater, and Jean Smart, who plays an aging comedian on HBO Max’s Hacks, will be presenting along with her costar Hannah Einbinder.
Academy Award winning West Side Story star Ariana DeBose will also be joining the presenters, as well Angela Bassett, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Kelly Clarkson, Law & Order: SVU veterans Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni, Taye Diggs and Diego Luna, among others.
After adopting a Golden Globes–like atmosphere at the 2021 ceremony, the Emmys will continue to seat nominees at tables close to the stage, though the larger venue will now allow more guests to sit in the rows of seats behind them.
Many of the Covid-related restrictions from last year’s event appear to have been dropped for the 2022 edition.
Viewers can catch the Emmy Awards at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on both NBC and its streaming platform Peacock.