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Zendaya Just Won Her First Emmy for "Euphoria" and Set a New Record

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From Seventeen

Four words: Emmy Award Winner Zendaya! That's right, Zendaya took home the big award for the night thanks to her role as Rue in HBO's Euphoria.

After presenting an award earlier in the night, Zendaya was surrounded by family and friends back home and did a quick outfit change featuring a custom Giorgio Armani Privé dress and Bulgari crystals before accepting her win for Best Leading Actress in a Drama Series.

"I just want to say, thank you to the TV Academy. To all the other incredible women in this category, I admire you all so much. Woah! This is pretty crazy. I don't really cry. Okay. Thank you HBO and A24 for all your support. Thank you to my family and my team whose all here. I'm really grateful to have all of your here," she said in her acceptance speech. "To the incredible cast and crew of Euphoria, I'm so lucky to be going to work with you everyday and I'm inspired by everything you do. To Sam Levinson, I appreciate you so much. You're my family. I'm so grateful for Rue. I'm so grateful that you trust me with your story and I hope I can continue to do you proud."

"I know this feels like a really weird time to be celebrating, but I just want to say there is hope in the young people out there. I know our TV show doesn't always feel like a great example of that, but there is hope in the young people," she continued. "And I just want to say to all our peers out there doing the work in the streets, I see you. I admire you. Thank you so so much. This is, woah, okay, thank you!"

After accepting the award, Zendaya took to Instagram to thank her friends and family again and talked about her post-Emmy win feelings.

"Still on cloud nine...so grateful, still speechless. To all my friend and family who have texted/tweeted/called etc. I promise I will get back to you tomorrow when I've wrapped my head around this amazing night, until then...gonna go to sleep and make sure this isn't a dream."

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With her big win, Zendaya became the youngest-ever winner of Lead Actress in a Drama Series at 24-years-old. Last year's winner, Jodie Comer, also broke the record when she won at 26-years-old.

Congratulations, Zendaya!

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