THE RUNDOWNZendaya returned to the spotlight for the 2026 Emmys.She is up for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Euphoria season 3.Zendaya has done press tours for four projects so far this year; she has one left this fall for Dune: Part Three.After enjoying a brief break from a busy year full of press tours, Zendaya is back in the public eye this evening. The actress stepped out for the Emmy Awards, wearing a head-turning bedazzled look on the red carpet. Her husband, Tom Holland, didn’t join her.Gilbert Flores//Getty ImagesZendaya is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Rue in Euphoria season 3. In April, Zendaya spoke on The Drew Barrymore Show about what playing Rue taught her. “Rue broke my heart open,” she said. “Rue taught me so much about life. That crew has also seen me grow up. I owe so much to that show. Rue taught me so much about empathy and redemption.”In a recent ELLE cover story, Zendaya spoke about promoting five projects this year. She started the year with a press tour for The Drama, followed by Euphoria season 3, The Odyssey, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. She’ll end 2026 by promoting Dune: Part Three, which premieres December 18.“It’s going to be a long year, but what’s great is that I’m really proud of everything. I just really love my job,” she said in ELLE’s summer issue. “But I think that after this, I’m going to have to take a little bit of a break. [Though] as soon as I take a break, I start to go crazy. And I’m like, ‘I need to work.’”She also discussed shooting Euphoria season 3: “It was quite an emotional return,” she said, noting that in the years since the second season’s production, “a lot of life has happened.”She also spoke about having to balance projects as she filmed: “I remember being on set for Euphoria; it was a night shoot at a ranch. I was so tired, but I was also learning my Chakobsa lines for Dune. And then I started writing out my lines to memorize for that quick turnaround trip I was going to make to Iceland [for The Odyssey]. It’s not like I have a lot of lines in The Odyssey, but I was working with Christopher Nolan! The most embarrassing thing in life would be messing up my lines, which did happen once.”