Yaya DaCosta
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1982, Harlem, New York, New York, USA
- Movies
- 19
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story | Monique Smith |
| 2019 | Bolden | Nora Bolden |
| 2019 | Peel | Sarah |
| 2018 | Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story | Kendra |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Tally |
| 2015 | Whitney | Whitney Houston |
| 2014 | And So It Goes | Kennedy |
| 2013 | Mother of George | Sade Bakare |
| 2013 | The Butler | Carol Hammie |
| 2013 | Big Words | Annie |
| 2011 | In Time | Greta |
| 2011 | Whole Lotta Sole | Sophie |
| 2011 | Weekends at Bellevue | Vanessa |
| 2010 | TRON: Legacy | Siren #3 |
| 2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Tanya |
| 2009 | The Messenger | Monica Washington |
| 2008 | Racing for Time | Vanessa |
| 2007 | Honeydripper | China Doll |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | LaRhette |
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