PUT on your glitter eyeshadow, because Rue won the big prize at the 2020 Emmys. Zendaya took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role as Rue Bennet in HBO’s Euphoria, making history as the youngest person ever to win the award.
Not only is she the youngest person to win the award, she’s only the second Black woman to ever win, after Viola Davis’s win for How To Get Away With Murder in 2015. What a nice belated birthday present for the actress, who turned all of 24 on September 1st.
Clearly in shock, Zendaya, accepted the award surrounded by her family and team, rocking an entirely different yet equally gorgeous outfit to the one wore when she presented at the ceremony also designed by Giorgio Armani Privé.
“I’m so nervous,” said the actress before launching into her speech thanking the television academy
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