Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO and based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem. The series' main character is Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a recovering teenage drug addict who struggles to find her place in the world.
The series has been widely acclaimed by critics for its acting, story, visuals, and approach to mature subject matter. Euphoria has been nominated for many awards, including thirty two Primetime Emmy Awards (nine wins), one Golden Globe Award (won), three Critics' Choice Television Awards (one win), one Peabody Award, one Screen Actors Guild Award, one Directors Guild of America Award (won), and one Writers Guild of America Award.
Euphoria was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2022. Zendaya was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won twice), the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, while Sydney Sweeney was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result AACTA Awards 2022 Audience Choice Award for Best Actor Jacob Elordi 2023 Best Actress in a Series Zendaya American Cinema Editors Awards 2020Best Edited Drama Series Julio C. Perez IV 2021 Julio C. Perez IV 2022 Julio C. Perez IV and Nikola Boyanov 2023 Julio C. Perez IV and Aaron I. Butler Julio C. Perez IV, Laura Zempel, and Nikola Boyanov Art Directors Guild Awards 2020One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series Kay Lee 2023 Jason Baldwin-Stewart Artios Awards 2021 Television Pilot and First Season – Drama Mary Vernieu, Jessica Kelly, Jennifer Venditti, and Bret Howe 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Drama Series Jessica Kelly, Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Jennifer Venditti BET Awards 2020 Best Actress Zendaya 2021 Zendaya 2022 Zendaya Black Reel Awards for Television 2020Outstanding Actress, Drama Series Zendaya 2022 Zendaya Outstanding Drama Series Sam Levinson Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series Colman Domingo Outstanding Original Song Labrinth, Zendaya, Sam Levinson Outstanding Music Supervision Jen Malone Outstanding Musical Score Labrinth British Academy Television Awards 2020 Best International Programme Sam Levinson, Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, and Drake Camerimage 2019 TV Pilots Competition Marcell Rév Costume Designers Guild Awards 2021 Excellence in Contemporary Television Heidi Bivens 2022 Heidi Bivens 2023 Heidi Bivens Critics' Choice Television Awards 2020 Best Actress in a Drama Series Zendaya 2023 Zendaya Best Drama Series Season 2 Directors Guild of America Awards 2023 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Drama Series Sam Levinson Dorian Awards 2022 Best TV Performance Zendaya Best Supporting TV Performance Sydney Sweeney Campiest TV Show Season 2 Most Visually Striking Show 2026 Season 3 Best TV Performance - Drama Zendaya Best Supporting TV Performance - Drama Colman Domingo Fantasporto 2020 Best International Series or Mini-Series in Streaming Season 1 GLAAD Media Awards 2020 Outstanding Drama Series Golden Globe Awards 2023 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Zendaya Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2020 Best Music Supervision – Television Drama Adam Leber and Jen Malone 2023 Adam Leber and Jen Malone Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards 2021 Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie Colman Domingo Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie Zendaya Best Broadcast Network or Cable Limited Series, Anthology Series or Live-Action Television Movie Specials 2022 Best Cable Series, Drama Season 2 Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Zendaya Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Eric Dane Best Supporting Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Sydney Sweeney Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, DramaSam Levinson Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2021 Best Original Song in a TV Show/Limited Series Labrinth Hollywood Professional Association 2022 Outstanding Sound – Television Wylie Stateman, Anne Jimkes, Austin Roth, Beso Kacharava, Bryant J. Fuhrmann Imagen Awards 2021 Best Supporting Actor – Television (Drama) Colman Domingo 2022 Best Primetime Program – Drama Season 2 Best Supporting Actress – Drama (Television) Alexa Demie Ivor Novello Awards 2020 Best Television Soundtrack Labrinth Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards 2020 Contemporary Makeup in a Television Series Doniella Davy and Kristen Coleman 2021 Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Special Melanie Smith and Kaity Licina 2023 Contemporary Makeup in a Television Series Doniella Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alexandra J. French MTV MIAW Awards 2021 Music-Ship of the Year Billie Eilish and Rosalía 2022 Killer Series Season 2 MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022 Best Show Here For The Hookup Best Performance in a Show Zendaya Sydney Sweeney Best Kiss Hunter Schafer and Dominic Fike Best Fight "Cassie vs. Maddy" Best Song Dominic Fike Best Musical Moment Bonnie Tyler NAACP Image Awards 2023 Outstanding Drama Series Season 2 Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Zendaya Outstanding Guest Actor or Actress in a Television Series Colman Domingo Peabody Awards 2021 Entertainment "Trouble Don't Last Always" People's Choice Awards 2019 Favorite Drama TV Star Zendaya 2022 The Drama Show of 2022 Season 2 The Drama TV Star of 2022 Zendaya Sydney Sweeney Primetime Emmy Awards 2020Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Zendaya 2022 Zendaya Outstanding Drama Series Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, Ravi Nandan, Drake, Adel "Future" Nur, Zendaya, Will Greenfield, Ashley Levinson, Kenneth Yu, Harrison Kreiss, Ron Leshem and Hadas Moses Lichtenstein Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Sydney Sweeney 2026 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Zendaya Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2020 Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Doniella Davy, Kirsten Sage Coleman, and Tara Lang Shah Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Labrinth Outstanding Music Supervision Jen Malone and Adam Leber Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Labrinth Outstanding Contemporary Costumes Heidi Bivens, Danielle Baker, and Katina Danabassis 2021 Heidi Bivens, Devon Patterson, and Angelina Vitto Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Doniella Davy and Tara Lang Shah Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) Marcell Rév 2022 Marcell Rév Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series Jessica Kelly, Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, and Jennifer Venditti Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming Ryan Heffington Outstanding Contemporary Costumes Heidi Bivens, Devon Patterson, and Angelina Vito Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling Kimberly Kimble, Kendra Garvey, Patricia Vecchio, and Teresita Mariscal Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Doniella Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alex French Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Martha Kelly Outstanding Music Supervision Jen Malone and Adam Leber Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Labrinth, Muzhda Zemar-McKenzie, Zendaya Labrinth, Zendaya, Sam Levinson Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series Laura Zempel, Julio C. Perez IV, Nikola Boyanov, and Aaron I. Butler Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) Anne Jimkes-Root, Chris David, Austin Roth, and Sean O'Malley Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Colman Domingo 2026 Colman Domingo Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) Marcell Rév Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series Nikola Boyanov, Aleshka Ferrero, Aaron I. Butler, Julio C. Perez IV and Kristin Valentine Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) François Audouy, A. Todd Holland and Anthony Carlino Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling Kimberly Kimble, Kendra Garvey, Kase Glenn, Marquita Lynch, and Stacy Schneiderman Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Doniella Davy, Mara Rouse, Tara Lang Shah and Leah Rial Sappington Queerty Awards 2020 TV Series Season 1 TV Performance Barbie Ferreira 2023 TV Drama Season 2 Satellite Awards 2019 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Zendaya 2021 Best Actress – Television Film Zendaya 2023 Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series Zendaya Screen Actors Guild Awards 2023 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Zendaya Set Decorators Society of America Awards 2021Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a One Hour Contemporary Series Julia Altschul, Jason Baldwin Stewart 2026 Anthony Carlino and François Audouy TCA Awards 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Drama Season 1 Writers Guild of America Awards 2021 Television: Episodic Drama Sam Levinson
See also List of Primetime Emmy Awards received by HBO
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