Today, no one doubts that Zendaya Coleman is one of the most promising actresses in Hollywood. She is one of the most sought after, and her path to fame is certainly worthy of admiration; her dedication and meteoric rise from her earliest childhood is worthy of study.
Zendaya has been with us since her earliest childhood, and has appeared in different media as an actress, singer, dancer and model. Her charisma and natural talent have made her stand out above other young promises, and have turned her into an icon. In exchange, the 27-year-old has lived her entire life in front of the camera, being the main breadwinner for her family of humble origins and missing out on what it is like to have a normal childhood and adolescence.
The performer, who already has two Emmy Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Drama under her belt thanks to her role as Rue Bennett in Euphoria, becomes one of the few actresses to star on the cover of the two main editions of Vogue magazine. (USA and UK); and she gives an interview in which she opens up about what it’s been like growing up without being a “real girl.”
Zendaya moved to Los Angeles with her father – Kazembe Ajamu Coleman – to work at Disney as a child. Now, she had already done several plays in her native Oakland. She has plenty of talent, but despite all her triumphs, her more than 184 million followers on Instagram, the fashion catwalks, the money and so on; She misses what she never had.
He’s been playing teenagers for about as long as he’s been working. “I’m always at some high school,” she tells Vogue. “And, I never went to high school.” All her life, she has felt that she had to be “grateful.” “Growing up, I always felt like you have to say yes, because you have to be grateful to be here,” she says.
“I don’t know how many options I had. I have complicated feelings about children, fame, being in the public eye or being a child actor,” he explains to the publication. “Now, as an adult, I’m starting to say, ‘This is all I’ve ever known.’ I’m going through my teenage angst phase now, because I didn’t have time to do it before,” she confesses.
Zendaya reveals that as a child she experienced a change in roles in her family, with her being the main breadwinner, instead of her parents. “She felt like she needed to be ‘this perfect being’ and be everything that everyone needs her to be and live up to all these expectations,” she explains. “Now, I get tense. I never had the chance to try. I wish I had gone to school.”
