Zendaya
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Born:
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman
September 1, 1996 (27 years old) Oakland, California, U.S.A. |
Occupation:
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Actress, singer & dancer
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Years active:
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2009-present
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Parents:
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Older Half-Siblings:
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Kaylee Coleman
Kizzy Coleman AnnaBella Coleman EZ Coleman Austin Coleman |
Boyfriends:
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Leo Howard (2008-2009)
Adam Irigoyen (2009-2010) Bison Fallon (2012-2013) Tom Holland (2021-present) |
Nicknames:
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Z & Daya
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Zendaya (born: Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman; September 1, 1996) 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. 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.
Biography[]
1996-2010: Early life and career beginning[]
“ | 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 a creation, plus a little bit of the language, so it's really cool. | ” |
– Zendaya on an interview here |
Zendaya, whose name means "to give thanks" in Shona, was born as Zendaya Coleman on September 1, 1996 in Oakland, California to interracial parents, Claire Stoermer, who is of Irish, German, English, and Scottish ancestry and Kazembe Ajamu Coleman (born as Samuel David Coleman), who is of black ancestry. She grew up as part of California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California where her mother worked as the House Manager.
In addition to training at the theater's student conservatory program, and later performing in numerous stage productions, Zendaya helped her mother seat patrons and sell betting tickets to benefit the theater.If i die do water bottles become people?
While attending the Oakland School for the Arts, she starred as a young Ti Moune in Once on This Island at the Berkley Playhouse and in the breakout role of the male character Joe in Caroline, or Change at Palo Alto's TheaterWorks. She also studied her craft at the CalShakes Conservatory program and at the American Conservatory Theater.
Her other stage credits include Richard III, Twelfth Night, and As You Like It, among others. Zendaya began her professional career working as a fashion model for Macy's, Mervyns and Old Navy.
Zendaya was in a dance group called "Future Shock Oakland" where they performed hip-hop and hula dances.
She was appeared in an iCarly toys commercial with future A.N.T. Farm actress Stefanie Scott (as young Sam) where she played as young Carly. She also appeared as a backup dancer in a Sears commercial with fellow Disney Channel star Selena Gomez.
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.
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.
The character, Rocky Blue is a smart and innocent girl who lives her dream to become a dancer with her friend CeCe.
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.
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 largest 6.2 million views. After the premiere of Shake It Up, they had a premiere party.
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.
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.
Zendaya and the cast of Shake It Up are attended at 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 Years.
2011-present: Shake It Up, music, and films[]
For Disney Channel's JaNEWary, two new Shake It Up episodes premiered Wild It Up (3rd) and Match It Up (23rd). Zendaya and Bella are appeared at the screening of Gnomeo and Juliet at the red carpet.
On February 10, 2011, she attends at the screening of Never Say Never at the red carpet. Zendaya and Bella were on the cover of Tiger Beat magazine in March 2011. Zendaya and Bella Thorne went to Millions Of Milkshakes event on March 4, 2011, to make milkshakes and dance for fans.
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.
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.
Zendaya and Bella Thorne are visited to 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 at the red carpet.
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".
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.
Zendaya appear in a short film called Bad Girls Don't Die directed by Kate Alender to promote the novel "From Bad to Cursed".
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 peak at #63 on Billboard Hot Digital Single on Billboard Hot 100 at #86 and at US Heat at #9.
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.
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.
Zendaya attends Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension on August 7, 2011 at the red carpet. Shake It Up's second season premiered on September 18, 2011. The cast of Shake It Up are attended at the D23 Expo and danced there.
Zendaya celebrates her 15th birthday party at the beach. Zendaya promoted Shake It Up on WLS-TV in Chicago on September 5, 2011.
Zendaya and Australian musician Cody Simpson guest-starred on PrankStars episode Walk the Prank on September 23, 2011. Zendaya attended Cody Simpson album release party on September 20. She attended the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party.
Zendaya attends Real Steel at the red carpet on October 2, 2011. On November 19, 2011, Zendaya 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.
Zendaya and dozens of celebrities attended Radio Disney's Next Big Thing event on October 17. She attended at the Variety's Power Of Youth event on October 22. Zendaya read stories to children at Ronald McDonald Halloween Carnival on October 24. Zendaya and Bella were on the cover of Total Girl magazine.
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.
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.
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.
On December 19, 2011, Zendaya and Bella appeared on Good Morning America to promote Frenemies.
In January 2012, Zendaya was appeared on a 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 not winning. On January 21, Zendaya and Bella had a return to Millions of Milkshakes to make more milkshakes for fans.
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.
Zendaya was appeared on Phineas and Ferb's Platypus Walk music video. She attends John Carter at the red carpet with Bella Thorne. Zendaya and Bella Thorne are arrived to the Dancing With The Stars set to support with her co-star Roshon Fegan on March 20.
On March 24, 2012, Zendaya and Bella Thorne visited Disney to promote their show's soundtrack. On March 27, Zendaya and Bella toured to Dubai and perform "Something To Dance For/TTYLXOX" and left Dubai on April 2.
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.
On April 12, Zendaya was appeared on Disney Channel's Whodunit Weekend with the episode of Shake it Up titled "Whodunit Up".
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 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. 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 the New Zealand and Canadian charts, peaking at number 18 and 83 respectively. 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.
Also in that year, Zendaya filmed a 2014 movie titled Zapped, that will be released in summer. In early 2014, Zendaya filmed a pilot for the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover. 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.
Personal life[]
Zendaya currently lives in Los Angeles with her large family, a pet Giant Schnauzer dog named Midnight. Her interests include singing, dancing and designing fashion.
Zendaya wished that just as theater led her to television, Shake It Up! would lead her to opportunities in the music industry for some days, which it already has. In October 2010, Zendaya explained Variety, "I love singing and would love to record an album at some point."
Zendaya filmed Shake It Up in July 2010 and ended production in 2013. Her official Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Mobli, and Instagram is "Zendaya", "Zendaya", "Zendaya" "Zendaya", and "Sunday area". Bella Thorne is her co-star and best friend, and they used to wake up in the morning to began filming their show. She considers Roshon Fegan as a brother. Zendaya has been starstruck by Justin Bieber and Cat Deeley when she meets them. Her motto is Don't Forget To Smile. Since Disney Channel canceled Shake It Up!, Zendaya will be starring in the DCOM Zapped based on a book called Boys are Dogs and new series K.C. Undercover.
Photo Gallery[]
The photo gallery for Zendaya may be viewed here.
Video Gallery[]
The video gallery for Zendaya may be viewed here.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Pixie Hollow Games | Fern | Voice role |
2012 | Frenemies | Halley Brandon | Main role, Disney Channel Original Movie |
2014 | Zapped | Zoey Stevens | Main role, Disney Channel Original Movie |
2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Michelle Jones | Supporting role,
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
2017 | The Greatest Showman | Anne Wheeler | Supporting role,
Feature film |
2018 | Duck, Duck, Goose | Chi | Voice role |
2018 | Smallfoot | Meechee | Voice role |
2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Michelle Jones | Supporting role,
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Lola Bunny | Voice role |
2021 | Dune | Chani | Supporting role,
Feature film |
2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Michelle Jones | Supporing role,
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 - 2013 | Shake It Up | Rocky Blue | Main role; Disney Channel Original Series |
2011 | Good Luck Charlie | Rocky Blue | Crossover episode: "Charlie Shakes It Up!" |
2011 | Disney's Friends For Change Games | Herself | |
2011 | PrankStars | Herself | Episode: "Walk the Plank" |
2012 | A.N.T. Farm | Sequoia Jones | Episode: "creative consultANT" |
2015-2018 | K.C. Undercover | K.C. Cooper | Lead role; Disney Channel Original Series |
2015 | Black-ish | Rasheida | Episode: "Daddy's Day" |
2017 | Walk the Prank | Herself | Episode: "K.C. Undercover Edition" |
Other[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Kidz Bop: 'Hot n Cold' | Performer | Music video. She confirmed in an interview that she wasn't the singer; she was lip-synching. |
2011 | From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender | Sunshine girl | Book trailer: here |
Discography[]
Released Songs[]
Song title | Year | Artist | Album | Time | Notes |
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Watch Me | 2011 | Bella Thorne & Zendaya | 2:55 |
Music video: here | |
Swag It Out | 2011 | Zendaya |
Single |
3:12 | Music video: here |
Dig Down Deeper | 2011 | Zendaya | Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust | 3:08 |
Pixie Hollow Games theme song Music video: here |
Something to Dance For | 2012 | Zendaya | Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance/ Make Your Mark | 2:42 | Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance soundtrack |
Something to Dance For/TTYLXOX (Mash-Up) | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance | 2:58 |
Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance soundtrack Music video: here |
Fashion Is My Kryptonite | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: Made In Japan | 2:44 | Preview: here |
Made In Japan | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: Made In Japan | 2:56 | Preview: here |
Same Heart | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: Made In Japan | 3:34 | - |
Contagious Love | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: I ♥ Dance | 2:15 | |
Shake Santa Shake | 2012 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Disney Channel Holiday Playlist | 2:56 | |
This Is My Dance Floor | 2013 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: I ♥ Dance | 3:07 | |
Contagious Love | 2013 | Zendaya & Bella Thorne | Shake It Up: I ♥ Dance | 2:15 | |
Beat Of My Drum | 2013 | Zendaya | Shake It Up: I ♥ Dance | 3:16 | |
I'm Back | 2013 | Zendaya | Shake It Up: I ♥ Dance Walmart Bonus Track | 2:26 | |
Replay | 2013 | Zendaya | ZENDAYA (Album) | 3:29 | |
Too Much | 2014 | Zendaya | TBA | 3:07 | |
Keep it Undercover | 2015 | Zendaya | TBA | 2:36 | |
My Jam | 2015 | Bobby Brackins ft. Zendaya and Jeremiah | To Live For | 4:45 | |
Neverland | 2015 | Zendaya | Finding Neverland: The Album | 3:45 | |
Something New | 2016 | Zendaya & Chris Brown | 3:34 |
Awards and Nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2011 | Young Artist Award | Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series | Shake It Up (TV series) | Nominated |
2012 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special) | Shake It Up (TV series) | Nominated |
2013 | 2nd place in Dancing with the Stars | Dancing | Dancing with the Stars | Runners-Up (2nd place) |
External Links[]
- Official Website
- Zendaya on Twitter
- Zendaya on Facebook
- Zendaya at the Internet Movie Database
- Zendaya on Instagram
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