Zendaya's Stylist Talks Her 'Fierce' Red Carpet Persona, Says 'She'd Rather Be at Home' Watching Harry Potter

“She’s a different being that comes into me,” the 'Challengers' actress said of her fashion alter ego in her 'Vogue' cover story

Zendaya might be a red carpet pro, but she’s a very different person once the cameras are off.

In her cover story for Vogue’s May 2024 issue, the actress, 27, opened up about her fierce fashion-forward persona that fans have come to know and love.

“She’s a different being that comes into me — my own Sasha Fierce,” the Euphoria star told the outlet. “She takes over and she does the carpet.”

Zendaya added that she approaches red carpets the same way she would one of her on-screen characters.

“I have to buy her,” she explained. “I have to buy that this woman exists, or that this fantasy exists.”

The star’s years-long relationship with stylist and “image architect” Law Roach has been an integral part of her journey from Disney star to fashion icon. Roach spoke to Vogue about the performance aspect of Zendaya’s red carpet appearances, which he says pose a stark contrast to her real self.

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The stylist said that getting glammed-up for red carpets “gave her this real confidence, like, Okay, let me put it all on and go out there and give this to the world, and then let me come home and take it all off and become myself again.”

Roach continued, “It’s so funny. People were like, ‘Oh, she’s so fierce.’ And, yeah, she is, on the inside. But she’d rather be at home, with her hair down and no makeup, with Noon, her dog, watching a movie, probably Harry Potter.”

Zendaya has been proving her fashion prowess during the whirlwind press tour for her upcoming sports drama Challengers, in which she plays a tennis star who gets sidelined by an injury. The actress has continued to playfully lean into the film’s theme, donning a series of tennis-inspired looks.

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While promoting the Luca Guadagnino-directed film in Sydney, Australia, she dazzled in a bespoke gown by fashion designer Jonathan Anderson, who's also the movie's costume designer. The glittering green dress featured a plunging neckline, waist-high slit and a graphic of a figure hitting a tennis ball with a racket.

At a photocall in Rome, Zendaya made a splash in a sporty holographic dress by Loewe accompanied by white stilettos with a neon yellow tennis ball punctured through the heels.

Always one to keep fans on their toes, the star also debuted a new honey-blonde hair color during the Challengers press tour.

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