
🎭 Actor
Yaya DaCosta
🎂 Born 15 November 1982 (age 43)📍 Harlem, New York, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
19
Acting Credits
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
Full Filmography(19 films)
YearTitleRating
2010TRON: Legacy★ 6.52011In Time★ 7.02016The Nice Guys★ 7.12006Take the Lead★ 6.82013The Butler★ 7.32009The Messenger★ 6.82010The Kids Are All Right★ 6.62014And So It Goes★ 6.02019Bolden★ 4.22007Honeydripper★ 5.92019Peel★ 6.42013Big Words★ 5.02015Whitney★ 5.72011Whole Lotta Sole★ 5.42025Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story★ 7.02018Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story★ 8.42008Racing for Time★ 5.82013Mother of George★ 5.32011Weekends at Bellevue—



