Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 15, 1982
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Credits
35 titles
Yaya DaCosta
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.
Known For
Filmography
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
Monique Smith
The Lincoln Lawyer
Andrea Freemann
Our Kind of People
Angela Vaughn
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Self
Bolden
Nora Bolden
Peel
Sarah
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
Kendra
The Nice Guys
Tally
Chicago Med
April Sexton
Whitney
Whitney Houston
And So It Goes
Kennedy
Chicago P.D.
April Sexton
Mother of George
Sade Bakare
The Butler
Carol Hammie
Big Words
Annie
Chicago Fire
April Sexton
In Time
Greta
Unforgettable
Molly McGinty
Whole Lotta Sole
Sophie
Body of Proof
Holly Bennett
Weekends at Bellevue
Vanessa
TRON: Legacy
Siren #3
The Kids Are All Right
Tanya
The Messenger
Monica Washington
Mercy
Brooke Sullivan
Racing for Time
Vanessa
Honeydripper
China Doll
Army Wives
Specialist Amber Stiles
Ugly Betty
Nico Slater
Take the Lead
LaRhette
House
Anita
Eve
Ms. Jenkins
America's Next Top Model
Self - Contestant
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Audrina
The Simpsons
Princess Kemi (voice)