Zendaya is still reeling over her 2020 Emmy Awards win!
The 24-year-old actress won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Euphoria on Sunday night (September 20).
After the awards show, Zendaya dished on her historic win – she’s the youngest to win the lead actress honor!
“It means so much to me,” she said, via Deadline. “Every single woman in that category I obviously admire immensely.”
“I don’t usually cry,” Zendaya added. “I got through it without letting it take over completely. It was obviously a very emotional moment and I still can’t believe it myself — it’s pretty crazy.”
Zendaya also took to her Instagram story to share a few words before going to bed.
“Still on cloud nine…so grateful, still speechless, to all my friends and family who have texted/tweeted/called etc. I promise I will get back to you tomorrow when I’ve wrapped my head around this amazing night, until then…gonna go to sleep and make sure this isn’t a dream,” she said.
The next morning, Zendaya wrote, “Still don’t really have any words….feeling so much love right now, thank you.”
If you missed it, see how Zendaya‘s Euphoria co-stars reacted to her big win!
Storm Reid had the best reaction to her Euphoria co-star Zendaya‘s 2020 Emmy Awards win!
The 17-year-old actress plays the 24-year-old’s younger sister on the show.
In a new video posted to Instagram, Storm can be seen watching the nominees being announced before the winner. She then screams and jumps up and down when Zendaya‘s name is called for the win.
“OMGGGGGGG CRYING IN THE CLUB 😭😭😭 CONGRATS @zendaya ✨💕,” she captioned the video.
“@Zendaya OMMMMMG I’M SO FREAKING PROUD,” Storm added on Twitter. “CONGRATS TO MY BIG SIS @Zendaya”
The Euphoria Twitter account and more co-stars also shared their reactions on the social media platform. Check out all the tweets below!
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Zendaya is a 2020 Emmy Awards winner!!!!!
The 24-year-old actress won her first award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, for her role as Rue in Euphoria.
Not only did Zendaya win, but she also became the youngest actress to ever take home the award!
“I just want to say thank you to the TV academy, to all the other incredible women in this category. I admire you all so much, this is um… this is pretty crazy. I don’t really cry,” she started off in her acceptance speech.
Earlier in the week, Zendaya sent her congratulations to the makeup team and Labrinth for their Emmy wins for Euphoria. See what she said below!
In case you missed it, check out Zendaya‘s first look of the night.
Congratulations to Zendaya on her big win!!!
FYI: Zendaya is wearing a custom Giorgio Armani Privé with Bulgari jewelry.
We are living for Zendaya‘s 2020 Emmy Awards look!
This is only the first look for tonight’s event, the 23-year-old Euphoria actress said, while showing off her glam dress on Instagram ahead of the official start of the show.
Twirling around in the video, Zendaya‘s dress is a plunging purple dress with a think cummerbund, from Christopher John Rogers.
“And so it begins…” Zendaya wrote on her Instagram Stories, adding that this is only look number one for her.
Previously, she shared that while the Television Academy wasn’t requiring anyone to truly dress up, she would be.
“I do want to dress up. I still want to have the experience,” she previously said about dressing up for the event. “It’ll be probably just my family over here, but I definitely want to pull a look and maybe just walk my living room carpet.”
Zendaya accessorized her look with Bulgari jewels and Christian Louboutin heels.
The actress is nominated for her first Emmy award for Euphoria, competing next to Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer, Laura Linney and Sandra Oh for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Pixar Studios have just won a 2020 Emmmy Award!
The studio behind some of your favorite films Toy Story, Cars, Inside Out, The Incredibles and so many more just picked up it’s very first Emmy Award for Best Short Form Animated Program for the animated short series Forky Asks A Question.
The winning episode of the series is episode five, “What Is Love.”
Creator Bob Peterson and producer Mark Nielsen pre-recorded thank you speeches for the occasion.
“Bob and I partnered with a crew of Pixar’s best and brightest,” Mark said, via Deadline. “So we share this with everyone at Team Forky Shorts, along with everyone at Disney+.”
In Bob‘s speech, he paid tribute to Tony Hale, who voices the character, as well as other stars of the episode, Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks, Betty White, and the late Carl Reiner.
This Emmy win for Forky Asks A Question brings Disney+ to a total of six wins so far at the 2020 Emmy Awards. The Mandalorian has also picked up a handful of awards, the first for the almost one year old streaming platform.
Disney+ has picked up it’s first ever Emmy Awards for it’s original content!
The streaming platform launched in November 2019, and one of the biggest draws for originals was the Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
The show became a mega hit with fans and is now award winning.
The Mandalorian won five of it’s 15 2020 Emmy Awards nominations on Wednesday evening (September 16). The trophies they received were for visual effects, sound editing, sound mixing, production design and cinematography.
Other nominations include Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Taika Waititi as IG-11, Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special, Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Drama Series, Limited Series Or Movie, Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, and three noms in the Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series category.
There are still two more nights of handing out awards, and the show could very well pick up more, including the big award of Outstanding Drama Series. Stay tuned!
In case you missed it, the season two trailer for The Mandalorian was recently released!
The 2020 Emmy Award nominations have been announced and we have exciting news!!
Zendaya has landed her very first Emmy Award nomination for her hit performance of Rue in HBO’s Euphoria.
The 23-year-old actress is nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and she’s up against Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Olivia Colman (The Crown), Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Laura Linney (Ozark) and Sandra Oh (Killing Eve).
Zendaya‘s nomination is also pretty significant in that it is the ONLY acting nomination for Euphoria!
Last year, Zendaya attended the 2019 Emmy Awards, where she presented an award alongside RuPaul, who is also nominated this year for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. She also switched up her outfit for the HBO Emmys after party later in the night.
Congratulations to Zendaya and all the other nominees this year!!!
