In 2020, Zendaya won the Lead Actress in a Drama Emmy for her performance in season one of欣快. She’s now two for two as she won again in the same category last night, making history in the process as the first Black woman to win in that category twice and the youngest two-time Emmy winner among all categories. The first time she was nominated you could say she was an underdog in that category alongside Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer, Laura Linney, Sandra Oh, and Jennifer Aniston. But the minute欣快S2’s fifth episode aired in February, people were already predicting she’d take it this time and they were right. If you’ve seen the episode, you would understand. It’s a full hour of raw and relentless talent.

And here’s what I was thinking when she was给她接受演讲– how is Zendaya so good at being a celebrity?! She is SO famous, like on multiple levels. She’s obviously been embraced by the industry, by the insiders, and this Emmy win proves it. One win can be called a fluke. Two wins is definitely not a fluke. She’s going back and forth between movies and television, from blockbusters likeSpider-Manto producing her own independent films likeMalcolm & Marieto working with prestige directors like Denis Villeneuve (沙丘)。当然,yond business, she’s an icon of her generation, super popular on social media, a Twitter favourite on her own and one half of the internet’s favourite celebrity couple.

我的意思是……Zendaya是一件大事。已经有一段时间了。但是没有人讨厌她。到目前为止，任何其他人都会像 - 走开一样。仍然我们所有人都想要更多的Zendaya。因为她擅长于此。她从不给我们太多。她应该过度曝光，但不知何故她不是。正如杜娜（Duana）昨晚完美阐述的那样，她也被赠予外交官。

欣快is a controversial show. There has been a lot of mess behind the scenes and showrunner Sam Levinson is allegedly to blame for much of it. In her acceptance speech, Zendaya acknowledged the work of the “incredible cast and crew of Euphoria …for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show”. That’s a delicate line she manages to walk there. Because there are people who are accusing Sam of not making it a safe space, and she doesn’t include him there – she is thanking “cast and crew” for trying their best and describing the show as “very difficult” also means she’s not minimising people’s concerns but also not adding more drama and intrigue to an already challenging situation.

当她确实提到山姆（因为她必须这样做，他是表演者），这是具体的，范围很狭窄。她感谢他与她分享角色（毕竟他创建了节目和rue），并相信她可以以同情和友善的态度使鲁情融为一体。但是，这些不是说出他的领导的陈述。她没有捍卫他作为领导者的失败，她没有否定那些召集他的领导者的人的经历。她所说的只是她很高兴他写这个角色并给了她玩她的机会 - 您不能真正地指责她。Zendaya设法在不介入的情况下驾驶棘手的情况。这也是一个才华。而且它也不是人为的；这些时刻感觉真实，周到和本能。

And her good instincts kicked in off-stage too when Kenan Thompson made that Leonardo DiCaprio joke, LOLOLOLOL:

We’ll talk more about Leo later because we’re focusing on Zendaya now and turning her face away and keeping it covered was exactly the right move. She immediately removed any opportunity for her face to go viral with that joke. I mean hiding her face will probably get memed in one way or another related to other online moments later on but in this moment she gave up nothing, nothing to analyse, nothing to interpret. A quick and smart reflex – this is what I’m telling you, she’s really good at this fame thing. And, yes, she’s only 26.

As for the fashion…

What the f-ck more can we say at this point? We retired her from Best Dressed consideration on this site because it’s just not fair anymore. Even when she shows up in a black dress it has to be The Most Perfect Black Dress. Look at it! It’s perfect! It’s a black dress, literally, for the ages. This dress will never not be fashionable – exquisitely made, a timeless silhouette, but still fresh and fun, and also totally suited to its legacy. She made history in this dress and the dress knows! The dress will hold up a hundred years from now!

然后她出现在派对上，看起来像这样！