Yaya DaCosta
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
ActingBirthday
November 15, 1982Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
18Place of birth
Harlem, New York, New York, USAAlso known as
Yaya Alafia, Camara DaCosta Johnson, Yaya DaCostaCast credits
TRON: Legacy
Siren #3Take the Lead
LaRhetteRacing for Time
VanessaWhitney
Whitney HoustonThe Kids Are All Right
TanyaIn Time
GretaThe Butler
Carol HammieThe Nice Guys
TallyAnd So It Goes
KennedyHoneydripper
China DollBolden
Nora BoldenPeel
SarahThe Messenger
Monica WashingtonWhole Lotta Sole
SophieMother of George
Sade BakareBig Words
AnnieFaith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
Kendra