Yaya DaCosta
Birthday
1982/11/15 (42 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Also know as
Yaya Alafia, Camara DaCosta Johnson, 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 N...Read more
Acting
(2010) TRON: Legacy
as Siren #3
(2006) Take the Lead
as LaRhette
(2008) Racing for Time
as Vanessa
(2010) The Kids Are All Right
as Tanya
(2011) In Time
as Greta
(2013) The Butler
as Carol Hammie
(2009) The Messenger
as Monica Washington
(2011) Whole Lotta Sole
as Sophie
Weekends at Bellevue
as Vanessa
(2013) Mother of George
as Sade Bakare
(2013) Big Words
as Annie
(2018) Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
as Kendra
(2015) Whitney
as Whitney Houston
(2016) The Nice Guys
as Tally
(2014) And So It Goes
as Kennedy
(2007) Honeydripper
as China Doll
(2019) Bolden
as Nora Bolden
(2019) Peel
as Sarah
(2021) Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
(2021) Our Kind of People
as Angela Vaughn
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Nico Slater
(2003) Eve
as Ms. Jenkins
(2015) Chicago Med
as April Sexton
(2011) Body of Proof
as Holly Bennett
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Audrina
(2022) The Lincoln Lawyer
as Andrea Freemann
(2012) Chicago Fire
as April Sexton
(2011) Unforgettable
as Molly McGinty
(2007) Army Wives
as Specialist Amber Stiles
(2009) Mercy
as Brooke Sullivan
(2003) America's Next Top Model
as Contestant
(2004) House
as Anita
(1989) The Simpsons
as Princess Kemi (voice)
(2014) Chicago P.D.
as April Sexton