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Zendaya reflects on being her family's breadwinner at a 'very early' age and 'never really having the opportunity' to be a kid in her quest to be 'perfect'


Zendaya opened up about her 'complicated feelings' about growing up in the public eye since getting cast as Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up in 2010.

The Oakland native, who has since become a two-time Emmy winner at the young age of 27, reflected on her struggles with anxiety after being put in a 'very adult position' as a child star (seen in 2011) Before kicking off her career on Disney Channel's sitcom, Shake It Off, which ran from 2010 to 2013, was a backup dancer for Selena Gomez in a Sears commercial and a Kidz Bop kid; pictured in 2012 Before kicking off her career on Disney Channel's sitcom, Shake It Off, which ran from 2010 to 2013, was a backup dancer for Selena Gomez in a Sears commercial and a Kidz Bop kid.

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