Acting
Yaya DaCosta
EN cinema · 19 credits
Born
15 November 1982 (age 43)
Birthplace
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Also known as Yaya Alafia · Camara DaCosta Johnson
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
Filmography
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
as Monique Smith
Bolden
as Nora Bolden
Peel
as Sarah
The Nice Guys
as Tally
Whitney
as Whitney Houston
And So It Goes
as Kennedy
The Butler
as Carol Hammie
Mother of George
as Sade Bakare
Big Words
as Annie
In Time
as Greta
Whole Lotta Sole
as Sophie
Weekends at Bellevue
as Vanessa
TRON: Legacy
as Siren #3
The Messenger
as Monica Washington
Racing for Time
as Vanessa
Honeydripper
as China Doll
Take the Lead
as LaRhette