Legendary couple: Tom Holland and Zendaya from best friends to lovers

A friendship that began on a set, which transformed into a Hollywood romance: since 2016, the relationship between Tom Holland and Zendaya is the stuff of dreams. On the occasion of the actor’s 30th birthday, a look back at their legendary couple.

An awkward encounter

It was in 2016, on the set of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” that Tom Holland and Zendaya met. The two actors see each other for the first time during the screen test, an embarrassing moment to say the least for the one who plays Peter Parker. The same year, he confided to the “Hollywood Reporter”: “My first meeting with Zendaya was very awkward,” he added that: “It just wasn’t my most pleasant moment. “I don’t remember that, but he said there was some sort of awkward hug,” Zendaya said in the same interview. Fortunately, Tom Holland and Zendaya quickly forgot the awkwardness of the first day. Very quickly, the duo’s alchemy is felt both in the image and in everyday life. “I didn’t really know what to expect with Zendaya, but I was excited to see what she looked like, and I was so surprised and so happy,” the actor told the “Hollywood Reporter” in 2016.

Zendaya and Tom Holland: friends

From their meeting a beautiful friendship was born and their complicity has continued to grow. “He’s a great guy. He’s literally one of my best friends. In recent months, we have had to do press tours together. There are very few people who will understand what it is like at 20 years old,” Zendaya confided during an interview with “Variety”. A reciprocal friendship since Tom Holland made more or less the same remarks in an interview with “People”: “We are like the best friends in the world. She is so awesome and amazing (…) I am very happy to have a friend like her. HAS”

The duo appears closer and more complicit than ever wherever they go. They do not hesitate to share their moments of complicity on Instagram by multiplying the posts. During the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” promotional tour, Tom Holland and Zendaya went so far as to swap wardrobes on the red carpets. The actor then appears dressed in a superb leather jacket – that of his on-screen partner –.

Impossible to talk about the friendship of Tom Holland and Zendaya without talking about their now cult appearance at the Lip Sync Battle. In 2017, the Briton performed on “Umbrella” while his “best friend” took on the role of Bruno Mars. The tandem then offers us a moment of pure complicity that is difficult to forget, at the same time giving rise to rumors of romantic liaisons.

From friends to lovers, there is only one step

While fans only talk about the “Tomdaya” couple, they quickly became heartbroken. In 2019, while Zendaya was headlining the series “Euphoria”, she became a couple with her co-star: Jacob Elordi. A relationship which ended in September 2019. For her part, Tom Holland formalizes his romance with actress Nadia Parkes in July 2020. They will also spend part of confinement together at the Peter Parker interpreter’s house before breaking up.

Zendaya and Tom Holland are newly single and rumors of a romance between them are quickly picking up. Only this time, they will be confirmed – to our greatest happiness – in July 2021 by a series of photos published by “PageSix”. We see the two actors kissing tenderly in a car in Los Angeles. A source will confirm the information by revealing to “Us Weekly” that their romance is going well, adding that “they both challenge each other and balance each other out.”

The overmediatization of the couple Zendaya-Tom Holland

After the publication of the photos revealing their relationship, Tom Holland and Zendaya are discreet. They did not speak to formalize their relationship before November 2021. It was the British actor who was the first to come out of silence during an interview for “GQ” in which he more or less confirmed his romance with his partner in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and regretted their over-publicization: “One of the disadvantages of fame is that our privacy is no longer really under our control. A moment you thought was between two people who loved each other dearly is now a moment shared with the whole world. I’ve always been steadfast in my desire to maintain my privacy, because I already share a lot of my life with the world anyway. We somehow felt robbed of our private life. HAS”. He also adds that “It’s not a conversation I can have without her.” I respect her too much to say more… It’s not my story. This is our story. And we’ll talk about it when we’re ready to talk about it. HAS”

Zendaya, also contacted by “GQ”, explained that: “It was quite strange, confusing and invasive. We both believe that when you really love someone and care about that person, you would wish that certain moments or certain things were yours… I think that loving someone is something sacred, something special. It’s something that we want to appreciate, live, experience and which we want to enjoy together, between people who love each other. HAS”

Living your love out in the open

Since then, Tom Holland and Zendaya no longer hide and live their love to the fullest. They do not hesitate to declare their feelings on social networks for their respective birthdays or the release of their professional projects, but also in the media. In 2021, the actor stated in “Total Film” that he was “very happy and in love.” The star of “Euphoria” for her part confided to the media “The Sun” that she loved her companion’s English accent: “It’s cute when he says all these weird phrases to me, but I really don’t understand them. »The lovebirds are also increasing their appearances in public hand in hand, more complicit and in love than ever. Despite their assumed love, they reveal almost nothing about their private lives. In 2023, Tom Holland confided to “The Hollywood Reporter”: “We are extremely protective of our relationship and we want to preserve it as much as possible. We don’t think we have to answer to anyone: it’s our business and it has nothing to do with our careers.”

A secret marriage between Zendaya and Tom Holland?Â

In December 2024, the news falls: Zendaya and Tom Holland are engaged. It was the actor’s father who confirmed the news on his Patreon account in January 2025: “He had bought a ring. He had spoken to Zendaya’s father and obtained permission to propose to his daughter. Tom had it all planned out,” writes Dominic Holland. While fans were hoping to see some photos from the wedding, the couple, as usual, remained very discreet and kept the preparations and the big day a secret.

In March 2026, Law Roach, Zendaya’s stylist and friend, revealed in an interview for “Access Hollywood”: “The wedding already took place, you missed it. It’s very true. » If neither Zendaya nor Tom Holland commented on the revelation, the 29-year-old actress has since been seen in public with a gold ring on her left ring finger, in addition to her engagement ring.