100 Zendaya Wiki Bio Net Worth Facts: How Much Money Does The Euphoria Actor Make? Age, Height, Birthday, Family, Boyfriend, Photos

Who is Zendaya? Why is Zendaya so famous? Biography facts about the multimillionaire actress that every obsessed fan should know.

Zendaya is a German-American/Scottish-American/African-American actress, singer & dancer born on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, CA.

She has been acting since she was 6 years old. Zendaya has successfully transitioned from a child actor on Disney shows to a veritable movie star and successful entrepreneur. She began her professional career as a model, appearing in ads for Macy’s, Old Navy, and “iCarly”-related merchandise. She also appeared as a dancer in both commercials and music videos.

She also starred as Halley Brandon in the film Frenemies and as Sequoia in A.N.T. Farm. In her music career, She is signed to Hollywood Records. She finished as the runner-up on Dancing With The Stars being the youngest finalist on the series.

Coleman is probably best known for playing the role of Raquel “Rocky” Blue on the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up” (2010–2013). She has also played Zoey in the 2014 movie Zapped, she played K.C. Cooper on the Disney Channel’s “K.C. Undercover” (2015–2018), Rue Bennett on HBO’s “Euphoria” (2019–present), and MJ in the films “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) and “Spider-Man: Far from Home” (2019). She starred in and produced the 2021 film “Malcolm & Marie,” and she also served as a producer on “K.C. Undercover” and several of her music videos.

Zendaya released her self-titled debut album in 2013, and her single “Replay” was certified Platinum. In 2017, she had another hit with the 2x Platinum “Rewrite the Stars,” a duet she performed with Zac Efron in the film “The Greatest Showman.” Coleman published the book “Between U and Me: How to Rock Your Tween Years with Style and Confidence” in 2013, and she launched a shoe collection, Daya, in 2015, and a clothing line, Daya by Zendaya, in 2016.

She was born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman in Oakland, California to Kazembe Ajamu Coleman and Claire Stoermer. She has three sisters and two brothers. She dated her Euphoria co-star Jacob Elordi from 2019 to 2020. She later began dating her Spider-Man: Homecoming co-star Tom Holland.

She has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Zendaya has a net worth of $15 Million in 2022 from her movie role and other endeavors.

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Who is Zendaya?

#1. Zendaya is a German-American/Scottish-American/African-American actress, singer & dancer. She has been acting since she was 6 years old and has best-known roles in the Disney Channel original series, Shake It Up as Raquel “Rocky” Blue. She also starred as Halley Brandon in the film Frenemies and as Sequoia in A.N.T. Farm.

#2. In her music career, She is signed to Hollywood Records. She finished as the runner-up on Dancing With The Stars being the youngest finalist on the series. She has also played Zoey in the 2014 movie Zapped and is also known as K.C. Cooper in the 2015 series K.C. Undercover.

#3. She has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Zendaya began her career as a child model and backup dancer. She was a backup dancer for Selena Gomez.

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#4. Zendaya Coleman was born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California.

#5. Zendaya was to interracial parents. Her mother Claire Stoermer, who is of Irish, German, English, and Scottish ancestry, and her father Kazembe Ajamu Coleman (born as Samuel David Coleman), who is an African-American of black ancestry.

#6. Zendaya is the youngest of six siblings, and she attended Fruitvale Elementary School, where her mother was a teacher.

#7. Despite being called by the real name Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, she is popularly known as Zendaya. Zendaya’s last name is Coleman. She dropped her last name professionally—not because she doesn’t love it, but because she wanted to imitate two of her idols. “I [dropped my last name because I] just thought it was cool,” she told Allure in 2016.

#8. My name means “to give thanks” in the language of Shona, which is an African language. It was originally Chendaya or something like that, but my dad was really a fan of Z’s at the time. All my brothers and sisters have Zs in their names. So he added that, plus the whole “Zen” factor. So it’s kind of creation, plus a little bit of the language, so it’s really cool – Zendaya on an interview here.

#9. When Coleman was 6 years old, she appeared in a play for Black History Month, and she later performed in productions at the California Shakespeare Theater, where her mother worked as the house manager during the summers. Zendaya helped seat audience members and sell fundraising tickets, and her time at the theater inspired her to pursue an acting career.

#10. Coleman joined the hip-hop dance troupe Future Shock Oakland at age 8, and she also performed hula dancing with The Academy of Hawaiian Arts.

#11. While attending the Oakland School for the Arts, Zendaya appeared in several local theatrical productions, including playing the role of Ti Moune in “Once on This Island” at the Berkeley Playhouse and “Caroline, or Change” at TheaterWorks.

#12. She studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater and the CalShakes Conservatory program, and she has appeared in numerous Shakespeare plays, such as “Richard III,” “Twelfth Night,” and “As You Like It.”

#13. Coleman’s family moved to Los Angeles when she was in the seventh grade, and she graduated from Oak Park High School in 2015.

#14. Zendaya was in a dance group called “Future Shock Oakland” where they performed hip-hop and hula dances.

#15. She has appeared in an iCarly toys commercial with future A.N.T. Farm actress Stefanie Scott (as young Sam) where she played young Carly. She also appeared as a backup dancer in a Sears commercial with fellow Disney Channel star Selena Gomez.

#16. She did backup vocals for the song I’m Gonna Arrive. In 2009, she was a featured performer in the Kidz Bop music video for its cover of the song “Hot N Cold” which is originally sung by Katy Perry. The song was featured on Kidz Bop 15.

#17. Zendaya auditioned in November 2009 for the role of Cecelia “CeCe” Jones so she could join the cast of “Dance Dance Chicago” (later changed to Shake It Up). Then she was asked to read the script for Mickey Red which was later changed to Raquel “Rocky” Blue. She auditioned for Rocky because she related more to her.

#18. The character, Rocky Blue is a smart and innocent girl who lives her dream to become a dancer with her friend CeCe.

#19. For her audience, she sang a cover of Michael Jackson’s Leave Me Alone. In January 2010, it was announced that she got the role of Rocky Blue. She had a theater background before her casting. She was discovered by the same agent who discovered Miley Cyrus. She got the role after seven auditions and was picked from 200 other girls. Judy Taylor, senior vice president of casting for Disney Channel, explained that Zendaya is completely engaging with a great presence.

#20. Shake It Up is about two best friends who attempt to realize their dream of becoming professional dancers by landing spots on a popular local show. On November 7, 2010, Shake It Up premiered with its first episode Start It Up with the largest 6.2 million views. After the premiere of Shake It Up, they had a premiere party.

#21. On November 15, she and Bella appeared on Radio Disney. Zendaya and Bella Thorne met Debby Ryan at the Forever 21 special event on November 17, 2010.

#22. The cast of Shake It Up appeared on Radio Disney on November 20, 2010. The music video for the Shake It Up theme song was released on December 3, 2010.  

#23. Zendaya and the cast of Shake It Up are attended Bella Thorne’s Christmas Party on December 16, 2010. For the Disney Channel New Year event, the cast of Shake It Up hosted a New Year’s Eve special titled Shake It Up New Year.

#24. For Disney Channel‘s January, two new Shake It Up episodes premiered Wild It Up (3rd) and Match It Up (23rd). Zendaya and Bella have appeared at the screening of Gnomeo and Juliet on the red carpet.

#25. On February 10, 2011, she attends the screening of Never Say Never on the red carpet. Zendaya and Bella were on the cover of Tiger Beat magazine in March 2011. Zendaya and Bella Thorne went to the Millions Of Milkshakes event on March 4, 2011, to make milkshakes and dance for fans.

#26. On March 18, the cast of Shake It Up appeared on Good Morning America to talk about their show and to dance. On March 15, she appeared on Good Day New York. Zendaya and the cast of Shake It Up performed Shake It Up with Selena Gomez at the Disney/ABC upfront event on March 17. 

#27. Zendaya appeared on the WPIX 11 News in the morning to talk about the show and new music, on March 18, 2011. On March 23, a preview of Swag It Out was released. Zendaya and Bella visited Paris, France on March 27, 2011, to promote Shake It Up. A Rocky Blue doll was released in Fall 2011 in the Disney V.I.P. doll lineup. On March 30, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up would have a second season.

#28. Zendaya and Bella Thorne have visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on March 30, 2011. Zendaya attended Boston World Of Wheels on April 2, 2011. Zendaya and Bella met Ashley Tisdale at the screening of Sharpay Fabulous Adventure on the red carpet.

#29. Zendaya and Bella began filming Frenemies in Canada in April 2011. She performed Swag It Out at the Myrtle Beach Sun Festival 2011 in April. Good Luck Charlie had a crossover with Shake It Up titled “Charlie Shakes It Up”.

#30. Zendaya releases her first single “Swag It Out” on May 30, 2011. The song was written and produced by Bobby Brackins and Glenn A. Foster. A preview of the music video was released on June 10, 2011.

#31. Zendaya appeared in a short film called Bad Girls Don’t Die directed by Kate Alender to promote the novel “From Bad to Cursed”.

#32, Her second single “Watch Me” was released on June 19, 2011, The song’s vocals are featured with her co-star Bella Thorne. The song was produced and written by Ben Charles, Aron Harmon, and Jim Wes. The song peaked at #63 on Billboard Hot Digital Single on Billboard Hot 100 at #86 and at US Heat at #9.

#33. Zendaya and Bella Thorne released a clothing line for their show called The CeCe and Rocky Collection on June 27. On July 5, she and Bella were interviewed by KTLA about their single Watch Me.

#34. Zendaya was on the cover of Dream Magazine in July 2011. Zendaya was on the Red Team for Disney’s Friends For Change Games which was the winning team.

#35. Zendaya attends Phineas and Ferb’s The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension on August 7, 2011, on the red carpet. Shake It Up’s second season premiered on September 18, 2011. The cast of Shake It Up are attended the D23 Expo and danced there.

#36. Zendaya celebrates her 15th birthday party at the beach. Zendaya promoted Shake It Up on WLS-TV in Chicago on September 5, 2011.

#37. Zendaya and Australian musician Cody Simpson guest-starred on PrankStars episode Walk the Prank on September 23, 2011. Zendaya attended Cody Simpson’s album release party on September 20. She attended the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party.

#38. Zendaya attends Real Steel on the red carpet on October 2, 2011. On November 19, 2011, Zendaya was voiced in Pixie Hollow Games as Fern. On October 15, 2011, Zendaya and Bella Thorne attended the Make Your Mark event. Zendaya, Bella Thorne, Davis Cleveland appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 14.

#39. Zendaya and dozens of celebrities attended Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing event on October 17. She attended Variety’s Power Of Youth event on October 22. Zendaya read stories to children at Ronald McDonald’s Halloween Carnival on October 24. Zendaya and Bella were on the cover of Total Girl magazine.

#40. On October 28, Zendaya released her third single “Dig Down Deeper on Radio Disney. On November 24, Zendaya performs Dig Down Deeper at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. On November 5, she appeared on Radio Disney and taught dances on the show. Dig Down Deeper music video was released on November 7, 2011.

#41. On November 19, Zendaya performed the U.S. national anthem at the Bloomington Blaze Hockey Games. On 25, Zendaya and Bella had a dance battle for the Zswaggers and Bella won while crying. On November 28, Zendaya was on the cover of Kontrol magazine.

#42. Zendaya and Bella Thorne performed Watch Me at the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade on Christmas Day and met Canadian musician Justin Bieber. On December 15, the Swag It Out music video was released. On December 7, she did a cover of White Christmas.

#43. On December 19, 2011, Zendaya and Bella appeared on Good Morning America to promote Frenemies.

#44. In January 2012, Zendaya appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine. Zendaya and Bella were on the cover of Girl Life magazine. Zendaya got nominated for an NAACP Image Award but sadly did not win. On January 21, Zendaya and Bella had a return to Millions of Milkshakes to make more milkshakes for fans.

#45. The soundtrack’s single “Something To Dance For” was released on February 29, 2012, on Radio Disney, and the music video was released on March 9. The song was featured on the soundtrack Shake it Up: Live 2 Dance which was released on February 20. 

#46. Zendaya appeared on Phineas and Ferb’s Platypus Walk music video. She attends John Carter on the red carpet with Bella Thorne. Zendaya and Bella Thorne have arrived at the Dancing With The Stars set to support her co-star Roshon Fegan on March 20.

#47. On March 24, 2012, Zendaya and Bella Thorne visited Disney to promote their show’s soundtrack. On March 27, Zendaya and Bella toured Dubai and perform “Something To Dance For/TTYLXOX” and left Dubai on April 2.

#48. On April 6, Zendaya appeared on Disney’s Friends For Change PSA to stop bullying. At the Easter Egg Roll 2012, Zendaya performed My All, Swag It Out, Something To Dance For, and others.

#49. On April 12, Zendaya was appeared on Disney Channel’s Whodunit Weekend with the episode of Shake it Up titled “Whodunit Up”.

#50. In March 2013, Zendaya became a contestant on the 16th season of the ABC dance competition show Dancing with the Stars. She beat out Shawn Johnson as the youngest contestant ever to be on the show. Her professional partner was Val Chmerkovskiy. Despite receiving praise from the judges and adding the highest scores throughout the season, she placed runner-up on the last night, losing out to eventual winner Kellie Pickler and her partner, Derek Hough.

#51. Her debut single, “Replay” was released as the album’s lead single on July 16, 2013. The song debuted at number 77 and reached the peak of 40 on Billboard Hot 100, making Replay her first Top 40 and was certified platinum by RIAA. The song also made appearances on New Zealand and Canadian charts, peaking at number 18 and 83 respectively.

#52. Zendaya’s self-titled debut album was released on September 17, 2013, by Hollywood Records and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 51, selling around 7,458 copies in its first week.

#53. Also in that year, Zendaya filmed a 2014 movie titled Zapped, which will be released in the summer. In early 2014, Zendaya filmed a pilot for the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover.

#54. Zendaya will also co-produce “Super Awesome Katy” which is the working title. Zendaya released two promotional videos for the song “My Baby“, the album version on January 28, 2014, and the remix version, featuring hip-hop rapper Ty Dolla $ign, on February 15, 2014. In May 2014, it was reported Zendaya had been cast as the lead in a new Disney Channel original series K.C. Undercover and will begin production in the summer for an early 2015 release.

#55. In 2017, Coleman starred in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “The Greatest Showman,” which were both massive hits, grossing $880.2 million and $435 million, respectively.

#56. Zendaya reprised the role of MJ in 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” which was even more successful, bringing in $1.132 billion at the box office, and in October 2019, it was announced that she would be returning for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

#57. In 2018, she voiced Chris Jenkins in “Duck Duck Goose” and Meechee in “Smallfoot,” and in 2019, she guest-starred in three episodes of the Netflix series “The OA” and began starring as Rue Bennett on HBO’s “Euphoria,” a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy.

#58. In 2020, she was cast as Ronnie Spector in a biopic that is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir “Be My Baby,” and she will also be producing the project.

#59. Coleman has been the face of Madonna’s Material Girl clothing line as well as CoverGirl, Beats Electronics, and Chi Hair Care.

#60. She was a spokesmodel for Lancôme in 2019 and Valentino and Bulgari in 2020, and that year the CNMI Green Carpet Fashion Awards honored her with a Visionary Award for “her efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion in fashion and film.”

#61. In 2021, Zendaya starred in the film “Malcolm & Marie,” voiced Lola Bunny in “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” and played Chani in the sci-fi epic “Dune.”

#62. Zendaya is still acting to date, reprising her role as MJ in Spider-Man: No Way Home (which premiered Dec. 17, 2021) and starring as Chani in the October 2021 remake of Dune, along with several projects in pre-production.

#63. She is also a producer on the upcoming A White Lie and Be My Baby, and is a spokesmodel for Lancôme, Bvlgari, and Valentino.

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