Zendaya Biography: 10+1 insider facts

Zendaya Biography: 10+1 insider facts

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Top 10+1 Insider Facts About Spider-Man’s classmate.
Did you know that her name means "to give thanks" in an African language?

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known simply as Zendaya was born on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California, United States. She is an American actress and singer. Before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2010–2013). In 2013, Zendaya was a contestant on the sixteenth season of the competition series Dancing with the Stars. From 2015 to 2018, she produced and starred as K.C. Cooper in the sitcom K.C. Undercover, and in 2019, she began playing the lead role in the HBO drama series Euphoria. Her film roles include supporting parts in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017) and the superhero films Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019).

Scenes in the Biography.:
2010-2013 - Shake It Up! Season 1-3
2011 - Bella Thorne & Zendaya: Watch Me
2012 - Frenemies
2014 - Zapped
2015-2018 - K.C. Undercover Season 1-3
2015 - Black-ish S02
2017 - Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 - The Greatest Showman
2018 - Duck Duck Goose (Chi's voice)
2018 - Smallfoot (Meechee's voice)
2019 - The OA S02
2019 - Euphoria S01
2019 - Spider-Man: Far from Home

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