Yaya DaCosta
Acting Born Nov 15, 1982 Harlem, New York, New York, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Audrina
- The Simpsons (1989) as Princess Kemi (voice)
- House (2004) as Anita
- Chicago Fire (2012) as April Sexton
- Chicago P.D. (2014) as April Sexton
- Chicago Med (2015) as April Sexton
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) as Andrea Freemann
- Unforgettable (2011) as Molly McGinty
- America's Next Top Model (2003) as Self - Contestant
- America's Next Top Model (2003) as Self - Top Model in Action
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Nico Slater
- Army Wives (2007) as Specialist Amber Stiles
- Body of Proof (2011) as Holly Bennett
- TRON: Legacy (2010) as Siren #3
- In Time (2011) as Greta
- The Nice Guys (2016) as Tally
- Eve (2003) as Ms. Jenkins
- Mercy (2009) as Brooke Sullivan
- Take the Lead (2006) as LaRhette
- The Butler (2013) as Carol Hammie
- Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (2021) as Self
- Our Kind of People (2021) as Angela Vaughn
- The Messenger (2009) as Monica Washington
- The Kids Are All Right (2010) as Tanya