In 2009 she was a featured performer in the Kidz Bop music video for its cover of the song Hot'N Cold which is originally sung by Katy Perry. She did backup vocals for the song I'm Gonna Arrive. She also appeared as a back-up dancer in a Sears commercial featuring Disney Channel star Selena Gomez. ![]() ![]() She was featured in an iCarly toys ad along with Stefanie Scott (as little Sam) where she played little Carly. Zendaya was in a dance group call Future Shock where they performed hip hop and hula dances. Zendaya began her professional career working as a fashion model for Macy's, Mervyns and Old Navy. Her other stage credits include Richard III, Twelfth Night, and As You Like It, among others. She also studied her craft at the CalShakes Conservatory program and at the American Conservatory Theater. While attending the Oakland School for the Arts, she starred as a young Ti Moune in Once on This Island at the Berkley Playhouse and in the breakout role of the male character Joe in Caroline, or Change at Palo Alto's TheaterWorks. In addition to training at the theater's student conservatory program, and later performing in numerous stage productions, Zendaya helped her mother seat patrons and sell raffle tickets to benefit the theater. She grew up as part of California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California where her mother worked as the House Manager. Zendaya, whose name means "to give thanks" in Shona, was born as Zendaya Coleman to Claire Stoermer and Kazembe Ajamu (Coleman) on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California.
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