On Monday, Zendaya gained her second Emmy Award for finest actress in a drama collection for her portrayal as Rue in "Euphoria." Her win made historical past – she is the one Black girl to win two Emmys on this class.
Her character Rue Bennett is a teen who's recovering from drug dependancy. In her acceptance speech, Zendaya, who can also be an govt producer on the present, stated she hopes it might probably assist heal individuals. "I would like you to know that anybody who has cherished a Rue, or seems like you're a Rue, I am so grateful to your tales and I carry them with me and carry them along with her. Thanks a lot," she stated.
The star first gained the award in 2020 for a similar function. That point, she additionally made historical past, turning into the youngest individual to win the Emmy for finest actress in a drama at 24 years previous.
There are solely two different Emmy winners who took residence their awards at a youthful age. Roxana Zal gained a supporting actress Emmy in 1984 on the age of 14 for her function in "One thing About Amelia." Kristy McNichol gained an Emmy for supporting actress in 1977 at age 15 and once more in 1979 at 17 for her function in "Household."
Nevertheless, as a result of Zendaya's wins had been within the lead actress class, she holds the file because the youngest to win two Emmys on this class.
Different actresses have gained a number of Emmys in varied classes. Maya Rudolph gained two for visitor actress on "Saturday Evening Stay" in 2020 and 2021 and two for her voice-over work in "Huge Mouth," additionally in 2020 and 2021.
Nevertheless, few others have gained a number of Emmys for finest actress in a drama collection like Zendaya has. Notably, Edie Falco gained three Emmys for finest actress in a drama collection for her portrayal of Carmela Soprano in "The Sopranos." She additionally gained an Emmy in that class for "Nurse Jackie."
One other standout: Tyne Daly gained 4 finest actress awards on the Emmys – three of them consecutively – for her function in "Cagney & Lacey" within the Eighties.
And whereas a number of different girls have gained two within the class, Zendaya is the primary Black girl to take action.
Different notable winners at this yr's Emmy's embrace "Squid Sport" actor Lee Jung-jae, who made historical past as the primary Asian actor to take residence the award for finest actor in a drama. His co-star, Lee You-mi, gained the Emmy for visitor actress in a drama collection, turning into the primary Korean actress to win in that class. "Squid Video games" Hwang Dong-hyuk gained finest directing for a drama collection.
Quinta Brunson gained finest writing for the comedy collection "Abbott Elementary." Brunson is the second Black girl to win on this class, after Lena Waithe gained in 2017 for "Grasp of None."
Her co-star, Sheryl Lee Ralph, turned solely the second black girl to win the award for excellent supporting actress in a comedy collection. Jackée Harry was the primary, profitable for "227" in 1987.
Barack Obama gained an Emmy for his narration of the documentary "Our Nice Nationwide Parks."
Chadwick Boseman posthumously gained an Emmy for his voice appearing in "What If...?" a Marvel animated collection by which he performs Black Panther, the titular character he dropped at life within the Marvel film.
Discover the complete record of nominees and winners on the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards right here.