
Yaya DaCosta
Acting·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. 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.
TRON: Legacy
6.6·2010·Movie
Take the Lead
6.9·2006·Movie
Racing for Time
5.8·2008·Movie
The Kids Are All Right
6.6·2010·Movie
In Time
7.0·2011·Movie
The Butler
7.3·2013·Movie
The Messenger
6.7·2009·Movie
Whole Lotta Sole
5.4·2011·Movie
Mother of George
5.4·2013·Movie
Big Words
5.0·2013·Movie
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
8.4·2018·Movie
Whitney
5.7·2015·Movie
The Nice Guys
7.1·2016·Movie
And So It Goes
6.0·2014·Movie
Honeydripper
5.9·2007·Movie
Bolden
4.1·2019·Movie
Peel
6.5·2019·Movie
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
6.1·2025·Movie
Weekends at Bellevue
2011·Movie