Yaya DaCosta
Acting
1982-11-15 · Harlem, New York, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025 · Movie
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022 · Series
Our Kind of People
2021 · Series
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021 · Series
Bolden
2019 · Movie
Peel
2019 · Movie
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018 · Movie
The Nice Guys
2016 · Movie
Chicago Med
2015 · Series
Whitney
2015 · Movie
And So It Goes
2014 · Movie
Chicago P.D.
2014 · Series
Mother of George
2013 · Movie
The Butler
2013 · Movie
Big Words
2013 · Movie
Chicago Fire
2012 · Series
In Time
2011 · Movie
Unforgettable
2011 · Series
Whole Lotta Sole
2011 · Movie
Body of Proof
2011 · Series
Weekends at Bellevue
2011 · Movie
TRON: Legacy
2010 · Movie
The Kids Are All Right
2010 · Movie
The Messenger
2009 · Movie
Mercy
2009 · Series
Racing for Time
2008 · Movie
Honeydripper
2007 · Movie
Army Wives
2007 · Series
Ugly Betty
2006 · Series
Take the Lead
2006 · Movie
House
2004 · Series
Eve
2003 · Series
America's Next Top Model
2003 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series