Zendaya (2024)

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, better known as simply Zendaya, is an American actress, singer, dancer, and model. She appeared in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up from 2010-2013 as Rocky Blue, which she is best known for. She also starred in the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies, and guest starred as Sequoia Jones in the A.N.T. Farm episode "creative consultANT" and as herself in the Disney Channel reality series PrankStars. In 2014, she starred as Zoey Stevens in the Disney Channel Original Movie Zapped.

In addition, she voiced Lollipop in Super Buddies and character Fern in the 2011 Pixie Hollow Games TV special, also singing the theme song, "Dig Down Deeper". She also played Maya Calais in the ABC TV show Black-ish.

She portrayed both the titular character, K.C. Cooper, and Bernice in K.C. Undercover from 2015-2018 and guest starred as herself in the Walk the Prank episode "K.C. Undercover Edition". She also portrayed Michelle Jones in the Marvel film Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Apart from her Disney roles, Zendaya portrayed Anne Wheeler in the 2017 Fox film The Greatest Showman, Rue Bennett in the HBO teen drama Euphoria, Marie Jones in the 2021 Netflix film Malcolm & Marie, and Chani in the 2021 Warner Bros. adaptation of Dune. She also voiced Chi in the 2018 animated film Duck Duck Goose and Meechee and Lola Bunny in the Warner Bros. films Smallfoot and Space Jam: A New Legacy, respectively.

1 Disney Roles
2 Trivia
3 Gallery
4 Video
5 References
6 External Links

Disney Roles

Rocky Blue
(Shake It Up and Good Luck Charlie)

Fern
(Pixie Hollow Games)

Halley Brandon
(Frenemies)

Sequoia Jones
(A.N.T. Farm)

Trivia

Zendaya always goes by her first name.
She gained fame for playing Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up.
- Zendaya was 14 when she first started out at Disney.
Zendaya wanted to "re-invent" MJ before getting the role of Michelle. This is something Marvel also wanted to do before Zendaya was cast.^[1]
She filmed another movie during the Coronavirus pandemic in June 2020 and had to test for the virus a lot.
She was a part of Disney for 8 years.
Zendaya won her first Enemy Award in 2020 for her role of Rue in "Euphoria".
Zendaya started dating Spider-Man co-star and on-screen boyfriend, Tom Holland in 2021.^[2]
She starred alongside Marvel co-star Don Cheadle in the 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy. Zendaya voiced Lola Bunny whilst Cheadle played a live-action AI.
Zendaya won the "Favorite Movie Actress" Kids Choice Award for her role as MJ in Spider-Man: No Way Home.^[3]