Zendaya Just Became the Youngest-Ever Winner for Best Actress at the Emmys
Euphoria hive, we’re crying. Zendaya’s Emmys 2020 speech will go down in history. The former Disney Channel star made history at the 72nd annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 20, after she became the youngest-ever actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Rue Bennett in HBO’s Euphoria.
Zendaya, who is 24 years old, beat a record made a year ago by Killing Eve‘s Jodie Comer, who was 26 at time she won the same award in 2019. In her speech, Zendaya thanked her fellow nominees, which included Comer, Comer’s Killing Eve costar Sandra Oh, The Morning Show‘s Jennifer Aniston, The Crown‘s Olivia Colman and Ozark‘s Laura Linney.
“Thank you to the TV academy, to all the incredible women on...
