Zendaya is an American actress and singer who has received various accolades throughout her career, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Critics' Choice Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award, as well as earning nominations for an AACTA Award and a SAG-AFTRA's Actor Award.
From 2010 to 2013, Zendaya starred alongside Bella Thorne in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up. For her performance as Rocky Blue and her work on the show's soundtrack, she was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards, one Radio Disney Music Award and three Young Artist Awards. She played the titular character in the sitcom K.C. Undercover (2015–2018), which won her three Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Female TV Star.
Her film roles include a supporting part as a trapeze artist in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), for which she won various Kids' Choice Awards and Teen Choice Awards, and the leading role in the romantic-drama Malcolm & Marie (2021), which she also produced and earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. Zendaya has portrayed MJ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting from the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming, and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for its sequel Far from Home (2019). She produced and starred in the Luca Guadagnino-directed sports comedy film Challengers (2024), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
From 2019 to 2026, Zendaya has executively produced and starred in the HBO teen drama series Euphoria as main character Rue Bennett, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. At age 24, she is the youngest winner of the Drama Lead Actress category in history and also the second African American to win the award, following Viola Davis. She received four nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, making her the youngest producer nominee ever at the Emmy Awards. For this role, she has also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama along with a BET Award, three Black Reel Awards, a Critics' Choice Award, and a Satellite Award, while she has been nominated for an Actor Award.
Major associations Actor Awards The Actor Awards are organized by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). First awarded in 1995, the awards aim to recognize excellent achievements in film and television.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 Euphoria Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Critics' Choice Awards The Critics Choice Association (CCA) is a Canadian American association of television, radio and online critics that each year organizes various award shows that honor the finest in cinematic or television achievement; these include the Critics' Choice Awards (for both films and television), the Critics' Choice Super Awards, and the Celebration of Cinema and Television ceremony.
Year Nominated work Category Result Movie Awards 2021 Malcolm & Marie Best Actress Zendaya #SeeHer Award Television Awards 2020 Euphoria Best Actress in a Drama Series 2023 Euphoria Best Actress in a Drama Series Super Awards 2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home Best Actress in a Superhero Movie 2025 Dune: Part Two Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie Celebration of Black Cinema Awards 2021 Malcolm & Marie NextGen Award (shared with John David Washington)
Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globes are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize excellence in both American and international film and television productions.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 Euphoria Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama 2025 Challengers Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2020 Euphoria (episode: "Made You Look") Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 2022 Euphoria (season 2) Outstanding Drama Series Euphoria (episode: "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird") Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series "Elliot's Song" Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (shared with Labrinth and Muz) "I'm Tired" Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (shared with Labrinth and Sam Levinson) 2026 Euphoria (episode: "In God We Trust") Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Miscellaneous awards
AACTA International Awards The AACTA International Awards are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to recognize and honor achievements in the global film and television industry.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 Euphoria Best Actress in a Series
BET Awards The BET Awards are an American award show established by the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network to celebrate African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2014 Zendaya YoungStars Award 2015 Zendaya YoungStars Award 2020 Zendaya Best Actress 2021 Zendaya Best Actress 2022 Zendaya Best Actress 2023 Zendaya Best Actress 2025 Zendaya Best Actress 2026 Zendaya Fashion Vanguard Award
Black Reel Awards The Black Reel Awards are an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film (FAAAF) to recognize excellence of African Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora, in the global film industry, as assessed by the Foundation's voting membership.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2020 Euphoria Outstanding Actress, Drama Series 2021 Malcolm & Marie Outstanding Actress Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female 2022 Euphoria Outstanding Actress, Drama Series "I'm Tired" Outstanding Original Song (shared with Labrinth and Sam Levinson) 2025 Challengers Outstanding Film Outstanding Lead Performance
CFDA Fashion Awards The CFDA Fashion Awards are an annual ceremony hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). They were founded in 1980 to honor excellence in fashion design.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2021 Zendaya Fashion Icon
CinemaCon Awards The CinemaCon is an annual convention controlled by the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) which bestows various awards that honor cinematic achievements each year.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2023 Zendaya Star of the Year Award
Dorian Awards The Dorian Awards are film and television accolades given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, founded in 2009 as the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2022 Euphoria Best TV Performance 2026 Euphoria Best TV Performance – Drama
Glamour Awards The Glamour Awards is an annual set of awards hosted by Glamour to honor "extraordinary and inspirational" women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medicine, education and politics.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2016 Zendaya The Voice for Girls
Gotham Awards The Gotham Awards are American film awards presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute to honor the makers of independent films.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2024 Challengers Best Feature Spotlight Tribute
IGN Awards IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2019 Euphoria Best Dramatic TV Performance
iHeart Radio Music Awards The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show that celebrates music heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2016 Zendaya Biggest Triple Threat
Jupiter Awards The Jupiter Awards is a German annual cinema award show. It is Germany's biggest audience award for cinema and TV and is awarded annually by Cinema magazine and TV Spielfilm in eleven categories.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2025 Challengers Best International Actress
MTV Movie & TV Awards The MTV Movie & TV Awards is an annual award show presented by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in films. Founded in 1992, the winners of the awards are decided online by the audience.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2021 Malcolm & Marie Best Performance in a Movie 2022 Euphoria Best Performance in a Show Spider-Man: No Way Home Best Kiss (shared with Tom Holland)
NAACP Image Awards The NAACP Image Awards are an annual awards ceremony presented by the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2012 Shake It Up Outstanding Performance by a Youth 2014 Shake It Up Outstanding Performance by a Youth 2022 Malcolm & Marie Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 2023 Euphoria Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Zendaya Entertainer of the Year
National Film Awards Awards The National Film Awards UK are accolades presented by the National Film Academy, celebrating the achievements of established and independent filmmakers, actors, actresses, casting directors, production companies, and crew who make up the motion picture industry.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2026 The Drama Best Actress
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards are an annual American children's awards ceremony show that is produced by Nickelodeon.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2016 K.C. Undercover Favorite Female TV Star 2017 K.C. Undercover Favorite Female TV Star 2018 K.C. Undercover Favorite Female TV Star Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman Favorite Movie Actress 2019 K.C. Undercover Favorite Female TV Star Smallfoot Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie 2020 Spider-Man: Far from Home Favorite Movie Actress 2022 Dune and Spider-Man: No Way Home Favorite Movie Actress 2024 Dune: Part Two Favorite Movie Actress
People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2019 Euphoria Favorite Drama TV Star of the Year Spider-Man: Far from Home Favorite Female Movie Star of the Year 2020 Zendaya Favorite Style Star of the Year 2022 Euphoria Favorite Drama TV Star of the Year
Radio Disney Music Awards The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA) is an annual awards show operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2013 Best Music Video (shared with Bella Thorne) 2014 Zendaya Breakout Artist Best Style 2015 Zendaya Best Style 2016 Zendaya Best Style
Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs.
Year Nominated work Category Result 2020 Euphoria Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series 2021 Euphoria: "Trouble Don't Last Always" Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film 2023 Euphoria Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series
Saturn Awards The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. They were initially created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror on film, but have since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as television and home media releases.