Yaya DaCosta
Actor

Yaya DaCosta

3 Movies
3 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 3
Birthday November 15, 1982 (43 years old)
Place of Birth Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Also Known As Yaya Alafia, Camara DaCosta Johnson
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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.

Filmography (35)

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