In this video grab captured on Sept 20,2020, Zendaya accepts the award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for 'Euphoria' during the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast. Photos: The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment
For the second year in a row, the lead drama actress Emmy has gone to a fresh face: a first-time nominee and the youngest on the ballot: Euphoria's Zendaya.
And Zendaya has made history with this win, not only for becoming the youngest-ever Emmy winner in the category (she turned 24 just a few weeks ago; the incumbent winner Jodie Comer was 26 when she stepped on-stage to accept her statue in 2019), but also for being the first Black actor to take this trophy since How To Get Away With Murder's Viola Davis in 2015.
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