Yaya DaCosta
Acting
Born 1982-11-15
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
35 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
House
Chicago P.D.
Chicago Fire
Chicago Med
The Lincoln Lawyer
Army Wives
Unforgettable
America's Next Top Model
Ugly Betty
TRON: Legacy
Body of Proof
In Time
The Nice Guys
Eve
The Butler
Mercy
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
Take the Lead
And So It Goes
Our Kind of People
The Kids Are All Right
The Messenger
Bolden
Honeydripper
Peel
Whitney
Big Words
Whole Lotta Sole
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
Racing for Time
Weekends at Bellevue
Mother of George
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