Yaya DaCosta
Acting
Born: November 15, 1982 (age 43) · Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
In Time
2011
The Simpsons
1989
The Nice Guys
2016
TRON: Legacy
2010
House
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Butler
2013
Chicago P.D.
2014
Chicago Fire
2012
The Kids Are All Right
2010
Chicago Med
2015
Take the Lead
2006
Photos (4)
Movies (19)
In Time
Greta
The Nice Guys
Tally
TRON: Legacy
Siren #3
The Butler
Carol Hammie
The Kids Are All Right
Tanya
Take the Lead
LaRhette
And So It Goes
Kennedy
The Messenger
Monica Washington
Honeydripper
China Doll
Bolden
Nora Bolden
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
Kendra
Peel
Sarah
Whole Lotta Sole
Sophie
Big Words
Annie
Whitney
Whitney Houston
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
Monique Smith
Racing for Time
Vanessa
Mother of George
Sade Bakare
Weekends at Bellevue
Vanessa
TV Shows (14)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Audrina · 1 eps
The Simpsons
Princess Kemi (voice) · 1 eps
House
Anita · 2 eps
Chicago Fire
April Sexton · 12 eps
Chicago P.D.
April Sexton · 2 eps
Chicago Med
April Sexton · 122 eps
The Lincoln Lawyer
Andrea Freemann · 18 eps
Unforgettable
Molly McGinty · 1 eps
Ugly Betty
Nico Slater · 6 eps
Army Wives
Specialist Amber Stiles · 1 eps
Body of Proof
Holly Bennett · 1 eps
Eve
Ms. Jenkins · 1 eps
Mercy
Brooke Sullivan · 1 eps
Our Kind of People
Angela Vaughn · 12 eps
