It’s been a meteoric rise, one that makes it feel like Zendaya’s been around forever. Not quite. Her breakthrough came in 2017, a mere seven years ago, when the double whammy of Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman marked her as a talent to watch. Two years later, Spider-Man: Far From Home and a TV series aimed at teens shot her straight into the acting stratosphere.
That show was, of course, Euphoria, one that turned out to be a winner on all fronts. The individual stories of high schoolers in California trying to balance student life with the pressures of love, loss, sex and addiction, saw Zendaya in the central role of Rue, a troubled drug addict struggling with sobriety. And, while she was at the core of the show, most episodes provided backstories for the other main characters. Nominations and awards followed, Zendaya herself became the youngest actor to receive a Primetime Emmy and she also scooped a Golden Globe. But, after two seasons, everything was left hanging in mid-air.
