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Zendayatook home the award for best actress in a television drama series at the2023 Golden Globeson Tuesday night for her work inEuphoria, besting fellow nomineesEmma D’Arcy(House of the Dragon),Laura Linney(Ozark),Imelda Staunton(The Crown) andHilary Swank(Alaska Daily).
Zendaya, 26, won the award for portraying Rue Bennett in HBO’sEuphoria. Though the show has been on the air since 2019, this marks the first time Zendaya has been nominated for — and won — a Golden Globe. She was not in attendance at the event held at Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday due to work commitments.
“Zendaya couldn’t be with us tonight, so we are going to accept this award on her behalf,” Jay Ellis, the presenter for the category, said. “She’s busy, she’s working y’all. It’s a good thing.”
However, not long after the win, the actress posted a lengthy message to Instagram, full of thanks and gratitude for the win.
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“I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to be there tonight, but I just wanted to say thank you to @goldenglobes for this incredible honor,” her caption began. “To my fellow nominees, it is a privilege to be named beside you, I admire you all deeply. Thank you to myEuphoriafamily, without you, none of this is possible.”
She concluded, “Lastly, thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has allowed Rue into theirs. I think everyone knows how much she means to me, but the fact that she can mean something to someone else is a gift. I’m honestly at a loss for words as I type this, all I can say is thank you thank you thank you. Goodnight♥️.”
InEuphoria, Zendaya plays a high schooler who struggles with her sobriety while also experiencing ups and downs in her romantic relationships. Her performance was especially poignant in season two as her character went through a relapse, got into a violent meltdown with her family and experienced severe withdrawal.
For the role, Zendaya has alreadywon two back-to-back primetime Emmys, becoming the youngest person to win within the outstanding lead actress in a drama series category.
Euphoria’s second season premiered last January, and was renewed for a third the following month. Speaking about her hopes for the third season, Zendaya said, “I think it’ll be excitingto explore the characters out of high school.”
“I want to see what Rue looks like in her sobriety journey, how chaotic that might look,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporterin August. “But also with all the characters, in the sense where they’re trying to figure out what to do with their lives when high school is over and what kind of people they want to be.”
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The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards are being broadcast live on NBC and Peacock.
source: people.com
