When Kazembe Coleman got together with Claire Stoermer, he already had four children — daughters Kaylee, Katianna, and Annabella, and sons Austin and Julien. Zendaya came along much later, but the age difference didn’t interfere in their relationship. Zendaya is particularly close with one of her half-sisters. “I look up to my big sister and realize the influence she’s had on me and making me a better person,” she told Time in 2015. The “Euphoria” star was likely referring to the middle sister, Katianna, known as Kizzi.
One of her sisters even works with Zendaya, according to a 2021 British Vogue report. Zendaya also lives close to her brothers, who are pretty protective of her — much like her father. The men in her life went so far as to keep tabs on the people interested in dating Zendaya. The list of relatives who have to approve of her boyfriend is pretty extensive. “My dad, my brothers, it’s a whole thing. Good luck to whoever wants to take that on,” she joked in the interview, which happened around the time Zendaya and Tom Holland went public with their relationship.
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Holland must have gained their seal of approval, as she does seem to value her family above most things. “Coleman Family… the people I do it for, my motivation, my support, my everything,” she captioned a December 2016 Instagram post that featured close to 20 of her family members, including her father, siblings and their respective families.
