Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman was born on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California, to parents Claire Stoermer and Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. Zendaya's father is of African-American descent ...

(Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known around the world simply as Zendaya, was born in Oakland, California, on Sept. 1, 1996. Her father has Nigerian ...