Yaya DaCosta
Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1982
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 N…
Known for
Whitney
2015
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025
Weekends at Bellevue
2011
Take the Lead
2006
Racing for Time
2008
Big Words
2013
Mother of George
2013
Honeydripper
2007
Whole Lotta Sole
2011
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018
Bolden
2019
The Kids Are All Right
2010
The Nice Guys
2016
TRON: Legacy
2010
The Messenger
2009
Peel
2019
In Time
2011
And So It Goes
2014
The Butler
2013
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
Our Kind of People
2021
Eve
2003
Ugly Betty
2006
Chicago Med
2015
Body of Proof
2011
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
Chicago Fire
2012
Unforgettable
2011
America's Next Top Model
2003
Mercy
2009
Army Wives
2007
House
2004
The Simpsons
1989
Chicago P.D.
2014