Zendaya makes major comeback at 2025 Golden Globes

Zendaya has arrived on the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet nearly a decade after attending her first in 2016.

On Jan. 5, the Challengers actress, nominated for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture musical or comedy, made a dramatic entrance in another one of her iconic looks styled by her longtime collaborator and image architect Law Roach.

Zendaya, 28, who was noticeably absent from last year's awards season, left jaws on the floor in dramatic custom burnt orange satin dress from Louis Vuitton and matching pointed-toe pumps. The strapless ensemble featured a sweetheart neckline and voluminous skirt.

The star accessorized with a glitzy choker necklace and wore her chestnut locks in a short, curly style. Hairstylist Coree Moreno created the look using Bellami clip-in extensions.

Zendaya has been nominated for a Golden Globe twice and earned a win for her performance as Rue in Euphoria in 2023. She's actually only ever been to the ceremony in 2016, and for her first time on the Globes carpet, she wore a burgundy Marchesa gown with a low neckline and a multi-tiered skirt, the entire design covered in a floral lace-like fabric.

When it comes red carpet fashion, Zendaya has had a major year filled with memorable looks.

Last May, she made a highly anticipated return to the Met Gala after taking a brief hiatus from the star-studded event in 2019. Attending what marked her seventh time at fashion's biggest night, Zendaya, one of the event's co-hosts, delivered somewhat of a fashion show with her two extravagant outfit changes.

Paying homage to the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" theme, she first wore a peacock-inspired gown by Maison Margiela’s John Galliano that she paired with a birdcage veil topped with feather-like embellishment. Her second ensemble of the night was a 1996 Givenchy by John Galliano gown complete with a voluminous train that needed its own escort.

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Then in July, Zendaya headed to Paris, where she made her mark at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At a pre-party hosted by Louis Vuitton, the star, who's been an ambassador for the French house since April 2023 and fronted their new campaign spotlighting the Takashi Murakami handbags, sparkled in a sexy black beaded dress that oozed '90s supermodel glamour.

She delivered another showstopping outfit when she hit the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony channeling Cher in a 2001 fall Bob Mackie gown with daring cutouts.

And that's not to mention the back-to-back press tours she went on last year to promote Dune Part 2 and Challengers, the latter of which is nominated for a 2025 Golden Globe for best motion picture musical or comedy.

For the sci-fi drama, she brought fans into another universe with her otherworldly ensembles that ranged from an archival Mugler robot suit with PVC-covered butt cheek cutouts to matching leather jumpsuits worn with her costar Timothée Chalamet.

When the summer came around, she method dressed for Challengers in a variety of tennis-inspired pieces, such as Loewe stilettos with tennis balls as heels and a Thom Browne gown adorned with racket motifs.

Out of all looks Roach, who debuted a book last year, has curated for Zendaya over the decade-plus they've been partnered together, he told PEOPLE that he actually doesn't have a favorite because they "all mean so much."

A part of the magic comes from Zendaya's confidence, which he said makes an outfit stand out. "You can wear anything you want no matter your size, age, anything. It’s all about confidence."