Her Wallet Is Its Own Form of Euphoria! Inside Zendaya's Net Worth In 2024 and How She Earned It

Zendaya's net worth is massive because the woman truly does it all.

The 2024 Met Gala co-chair is a model, singer, dancer, actress, designer, brand ambassador—and a consummate professional throughout. The former Disney star has navigated the tricky waters from kid celeb to A-list adult while managing to keep her private life very private and her feet squarely on the ground.

Born Sept. 1, 1996, she celebrates her 28th birthday in 2024.

For all of her seemingly endless talents and skills, the star credits going with her gut as the secret to her success.

She told Vogue Australia (with her signature candor, of course), "There's no real blueprint at the end of the day for any of this s--t. As people, we don't know what we're doing. It’s not like I can say, 'This is the kind of career I want to have, so I'm going to do what this person did.' I didn't really have a map to know what the right thing was. The only kind of guide I had was my instincts and gut. So I've just been trying to follow that, and I think that has served me very well."

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Despite her incredible success, Zendaya confessed to British Vogue that she still has financial anxiety.

"My mother's a saver, and so I try to keep that in mind," she explained. "Then my dad's like, 'You know, you can't spend it when you're dead,' kind of thing. I'm somewhere in between." She added, "The hope is to have a career where you can be in a position, financially, to just do things you want to do because you enjoy the work and not have to worry about the other things... But I'm always like, 'I will always need to work.' Because if I don't work then everything can be gone tomorrow."

Because she's so detail-oriented, Zendaya has taken to making herself much more aware of the business side of showbiz and poring over contracts carefully, admitting that when she was younger, she left those boring parts up to her parents.

"When you have more of a corporate structure, there are promotions and you move up in the ranks. In this avenue, it's kind of like, 'I don't know what I'm doing now,'" she's said of working in entertainment. "What I urge a lot of people to understand about this business is that it also is a business. It's the entertainment industry, and it's important to remember that money and contracts are involved. I try to be prepared and understand as much as I can about that too."

Good thing for her: Zendaya's net worth is high enough where she wouldn't necessarily need to work for the rest of her life unless she felt like it. Find out how much the Dune, Euphoria and Spider-Man: No Way Home star is worth and how she got there.

What is Zendaya's net worth in 2024?

Zendaya's net worth in 2024 is estimated at $22 million.

How did Zendaya become famous?

Zendaya got her start as a model and dancer, working mostly in commercials. Peep her in a Sears commercial as a kid alongside none other than Selena Gomez!

Zendaya's big break came in 2010, when she starred on The Disney Channel's Shake It Up with Bella Thorne. Her role as Rocky Blue propelled her to fame among the tween set, and she starred in several other Disney Channel projects, including A.N.T. Farm, Good Luck Charlie, Frenemies, Zapped, and K.C. Undercover, to name a few.

She released a debut single, "Replay," and a self-titled debut album in 2013.

Zendaya left the House of Mouse for good in 2018, writing, "The end of an era. On to the next. Thank you for continuing to grow with me."

Following her Disney tenure, she also competed on Season 16 of Dancing with the Stars, coming in second place.

What is Zendaya's last name?

Zendaya's last name is Coleman. She dropped her last name professionally—not because she doesn't love it, but because she wanted to imitate two of her idols. "I [dropped my last name because I] just thought it was cool," she told Allure in 2016. "Like Cher or Prince."

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What is Zendaya's real name?

Zendaya's full real name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman. (And for the record, her first name is pronounced exactly how it's spelled: "zen-day-uh," not "zen-die-yuh.") She explained to Teen Vogue, "I think a lot of people see my name and think it's more fancy than it is. They think 'Zendaya' like 'papaya.' It's just day."

Is Zendaya a millionaire?

Zendaya is, in fact, a multimillionaire! Her net worth is estimated at $22 million.

What did Zendaya win an Emmy for?

Zendaya won the 2020 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Euphoria. She was the youngest actress to ever win in that category. Her speech, delivered at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (and before vaccines were available for most individuals), was a testament not just to her professionalism and elegance, but also to hope.

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

She later expounded on her speech's message in a conversation with Dune co-star Timothée Chalamet for Elle.

"My intention there was really just to be honest, because it feels like a very hopeless time, specifically in this country," she said. "I know a lot of my peers feel enraged and exhausted and tired of living and growing up in a system that feels like it wasn't built for us. At this moment in time, it is hard to find joy and beauty in things, and I really think that is important. Right now, we as Black people need to embrace joy and not let it be taken away from us."

What is Zendaya doing now?

Zendaya is still acting, with recent roles including Tashi in 2024's Challengers, Rue in Euphoria, MJ in the MCU Spider-Man films and Chani in the remake of Dune and its sequels. 

She is also a producer on the upcoming A White Lie and is a spokesmodel for Lancôme, Bvlgari and Valentino.

She made a deliberate choice to step away from music and focus on acting, explaining to Vogue Australia that actors are typically afforded somewhat more privacy than singers from the public. 

"I got worn out on music, because the industry felt like it wasn't really for the music, and it didn't make me happy," she said. "So I allowed myself to step away from it until that passion comes back or until I'm ready to step back into it."

She's also an activist and uses her platform to raise the volume for Black voices in media and longs to use her power for good.

"Other than becoming a director, my dream is to create my own things. I would love to make films that allow space for young up-and-coming artists, writers, and filmmakers—because especially with Black talent, it's not a lack thereof; it's a lack of opportunity," she told InStyle. "I'd like to give those opportunities: Partner upcoming filmmakers with different writers and mentorships, connect them with the actors they want to see in their films, and create those special bonds. And make sure they get paid and taken care of."

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How much did Zendaya get paid for Euphoria?

According to a February 2023 report, Zendaya gets paid $1 million per episode of Euphoria for Season 3 and beyond.

Zendaya's Euphoria salary for earlier seasons isn't publicly known, but Sydney Sweeney, her co-star, reportedly made $325,000 for 13 episodes. Seeing as Zendaya was not only the main character in the series, but also served as an executive producer on the project, she likely made at least twice that amount.

Zendaya gushed to Vogue Australia that playing Rue was important to her for the impact it had on viewers' lives. 

"It's been very, very special. I think the most special thing is when people come up and say: 'Hey, I really needed that,' or 'That was my story and I just want to say thank you,'" she said. "The fact that the story was so personal and that it couldn't have been written by anyone who hadn't lived it, people are going to respond to it. The creator, Sam Levinson, put words to feelings that people have a tough time being able to articulate, whether it be around mental health or depression. I'm just extremely lucky that I was able to be a part of that story and really humanize what Rue is going through, which is what I think a lot of people have gone through or are going through. For every person who says something to me about what the show meant to them, it warms my heart — and it means we're doing something right."

How much did Zendaya make from Spider-Man?

Zendaya's apparently spun up quite the fortune from playing MJ in the latest Spider-Man franchise. It was reported in February 2022 that the most recent Spider-Man movie up to that point, December 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, paid her $10 million just in bonuses, suggesting there was some upfront amount she was paid before that as well.

To give some more contest, the franchise's titular star (and Zendaya paramour) Tom Holland reportedly earned $250,000 for his Marvel debut in Captain America: Civil War and $500,000 for the first Spider-Man film, then $3 million for Avengers: Infinity War; he is believed to be earning $3 million to $4 million for his projects since—but again, that may just be his upfront pay; he's almost certainly got bonuses in his contract just like Zendaya.