
Yaya DaCosta
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1982-11-15 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
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.
Acting
Weekends at Bellevue
as Vanessa
(2025)
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
as Monique Smith
(2019)
Bolden
as Nora Bolden
(2019)
Peel
as Sarah
(2018)
(2016)
The Nice Guys
as Tally
(2015)
Whitney
as Whitney Houston
(2014)
And So It Goes
as Kennedy
(2013)
The Butler
as Carol Hammie
(2013)
Big Words
as Annie
(2013)
Mother of George
as Sade Bakare
(2011)
In Time
as Greta
(2011)
Whole Lotta Sole
as Sophie
(2010)
TRON: Legacy
as Siren #3
(2010)
The Kids Are All Right
as Tanya
(2009)
The Messenger
as Monica Washington
(2008)
Racing for Time
as Vanessa
(2007)
Honeydripper
as China Doll
(2006)
Take the Lead
as LaRhette