Zendaya Makes History With Second Win For Euphoria at 2022 Emmys

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Euphoria at the 2022 Emmys, the 26-year-old becomes the youngest two-time winner for acting in Emmys history, and the first Black woman to win the Emmy for lead actress in a drama series twice.Wearing , she began her speech by thanking HBO “for making such a safe space for making this very difficult show” and creator Sam Levinson “for sharing Rue with me, adding, “Thank you for believing in me and even in moments when I didn’t believe in myself.”Zendaya continued, “My greatest wish for was that it could help heal people and I just want to say thank you to everyone who has shared their story with me.

I want you to know that anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are Rue, I want you to know that I’m so grateful for your stories and I carry them with me and I carry them with her.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In 2020, Zendaya earned her first Emmy for playing the soulful, often struggling Rue in HBO’s Euphoria and was nominated this year for a record-breaking four awards as executive producer on the series and writing original lyrics for two songs featured in Euphoria, “I’m Tired” and “Elliot’s Song.” Zendaya’s major showcase for the second season was the heartstopping fifth episode, “Stand Still Like a Hummingbird,” in which the painful reality of Rue’s relapse comes into anxiety-inducing focus.“Euphoria has been such a great learning ground for me,” Zendaya told Vanity Fair on morning, crediting creator Sam Levinson and cinematographer Marcell Rév for inspiring her to one day direct. “I feel like I can [direct] more and more every day as I stand next to them, and they let me slowly take on more and more responsibilities and let me put in my two cents.