Yaya DaCosta

Actor
BirthdayNov 15, 1982 (42 years old)
Place of birthHarlem, New York, New York, USA
GenderFemale

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

Greta

Oct 27, 2011

Princess Kemi (voice)

Dec 17, 1989

Tally

May 15, 2016

Siren #3

Dec 14, 2010

Anita

Nov 16, 2004

Audrina

Sep 20, 1999

Carol Hammie

Aug 16, 2013

April Sexton

Jan 8, 2014

April Sexton

Oct 10, 2012

Tanya

Jul 9, 2010

April Sexton

Nov 17, 2015

LaRhette

Mar 17, 2006

Kennedy

Jul 17, 2014

Monica Washington

Nov 13, 2009

Andrea Freemann

May 13, 2022

Molly McGinty

Sep 20, 2011

Nico Slater

Sep 28, 2006

Holly Bennett

Mar 29, 2011

Contestant

May 20, 2003

Whitney Houston

Jan 17, 2015

Greta

Oct 27, 2011

Princess Kemi (voice)

Dec 17, 1989

Tally

May 15, 2016

Siren #3

Dec 14, 2010

Anita

Nov 16, 2004

Audrina

Sep 20, 1999

Acting


Participated in 18 movies, 16 TV series

2022

Andrea Freemann


2021

Angela Vaughn



2019

Nora Bolden


2019

Peel

6.4

Sarah



2016


2015

April Sexton


2015

Whitney Houston


2014


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