Zendaya
About
Zendaya (born 1 September 1996) is an American actress and singer who moved from Disney Channel fame to become one of the leading film stars of her generation. Born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman in Oakland, California, she began as a child model and dancer before breaking through as Rocky Blue in the Disney Channel series Shake It Up, and later starred in and produced K.C. Undercover for the same network.
Her film career began in earnest in 2017, when she played Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and the trapeze artist Anne Wheeler in the musical The Greatest Showman (2017). She returned as MJ in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), while her television role as Rue Bennett in the HBO drama Euphoria won her two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She plays Chani for Denis Villeneuve in Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), led the two-hander Malcolm & Marie (2021) and the tennis drama Challengers (2024) as Tashi Duncan, and appears as Athena in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026).
Movie List
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) as Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson
- The Odyssey (2026) as Athena
- The Drama (2026) as Emma Harwood
- Challengers (2024) as Tashi Duncan
- Dune: Part Two (2024) as Chani
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) as Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson
- Dune (2021) as Chani
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) as Lola Bunny (voice)
- Malcolm & Marie (2021) as Marie Jones
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) as Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson
- Smallfoot (2018) as Meechee (voice)
- Duck Duck Goose (2018) as Chi (voice)
- The Greatest Showman (2017) as Anne Wheeler
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) as Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson
- Super Buddies (2013) as Lollipop (voice)
