Zendaya has received her third consecutive Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, recognising her performance as Rue in the third and final season of HBO's Euphoria. The nomination, announced on the morning of 8 July 2026, completes a 3-for-3 run for the actress across the show's three seasons and positions her to potentially set further records at the ceremony in September.

Zendaya has already made Emmy history: she became the youngest winner in the category in 2020 at the age of 24, and in 2022, aged 26, she became the youngest two-time winner and the first Black woman to win the award twice. Now 29, a third win would make her the youngest and first Black three-time recipient in the category. Alongside the nomination, she has a busy film slate, including reprising Chani in Dune: Part Three later this year, returning as MJ in Spider-Man: Brand New Day on 31 July, and playing Athena in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.