Yaya DaCosta

Birthday:

11/15/1982

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.



Credits

Bolden (2019)
Nora Bolden
Peel (2019)
Sarah
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (2018)
Kendra
The Nice Guys (2016)
Tally
Whitney (2015)
Whitney Houston
And So It Goes (2014)
Kennedy
The Butler (2013)
Carol Hammie
Big Words (2013)
Annie
Mother of George (2013)
Sade Bakare
In Time (2011)
Greta
Whole Lotta Sole (2011)
Sophie
TRON: Legacy (2010)
Siren #3
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Tanya
The Messenger (2009)
Monica Washington
Racing for Time (2008)
Vanessa
Honeydripper (2007)
China Doll
Take the Lead (2006)
LaRhette
Weekends at Bellevue ()
Vanessa