Yaya DaCosta
Actor
- Born
- November 15, 1982 (age 43) · Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Camara DaCosta Johnson, professionally known as Yaya Alafia (formerly Yaya DaCosta), is an American actress and model. She's best known for her starring role as April Sexton on NBC's Chicago Med, as Andrea Vaughn in Our Kind of People, and as Whitney Houston in the TV movie Whitney.
She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. She eventually went to star as Cassandra in ABC's daytime soap All My Children, as Nico Slater in ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty, and as April Sexton on NBC's medical drama Chicago Med.
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She's also appeared in films including The Kids Are All Right, In Time, The Messenger, The Butler, And So It Goes, and The Nice Guys.
Known for
In Time
October 27, 2011
The Nice Guys
May 15, 2016
TRON: Legacy
December 14, 2010
The Butler
August 16, 2013
The Kids Are All Right
July 9, 2010
Take the Lead
March 17, 2006
The Messenger
November 13, 2009
And So It Goes
July 10, 2014
Whitney
January 17, 2015
Whole Lotta Sole
April 21, 2011
Peel
February 7, 2019
Honeydripper
September 10, 2007
Acting19
- 2025Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story as Monique Smith
- 2019Bolden as Nora Bolden
- 2019Peel as Sarah
- 2018Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story as Kendra
- 2016The Nice Guys as Tally
- 2015Whitney as Whitney Houston
- 2014And So It Goes as Kennedy
- 2013Mother of George as Sade Bakare
- 2013The Butler as Carol Hammie
- 2013Big Words