
Yaya DaCosta
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1982-11-15
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Biography
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. 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

TRON: Legacy
2010Siren #3
Take the Lead
2006LaRhette
Racing for Time
2008Vanessa
The Kids Are All Right
2010Tanya
In Time
2011Greta
The Butler
2013Carol Hammie
The Messenger
2009Monica Washington
Whole Lotta Sole
2011Sophie
Mother of George
2013Sade Bakare
Big Words
2013Annie
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018Kendra
Whitney
2015Whitney Houston
The Nice Guys
2016Tally
And So It Goes
2014Kennedy
Honeydripper
2007China Doll
Bolden
2019Nora Bolden
Peel
2019Sarah
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025Monique Smith