Biography
Yaya DaCosta
Acting
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…
Career works
35
Movies
19
Series
16
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
11/15/1982
Place of birth
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025 · 8.5
Bolden
2019 · 4.2
Peel
2019 · 6.4
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018 · 8.4
The Nice Guys
2016 · 7.1
Whitney
2015 · 5.7
And So It Goes
2014 · 6.0
Mother of George
2013 · 5.3
The Butler
2013 · 7.3
Big Words
2013 · 5.0
In Time
2011 · 7.0
Whole Lotta Sole
2011 · 5.4
Weekends at Bellevue
2011
TRON: Legacy
2010 · 6.5
The Kids Are All Right
2010 · 6.6
Series
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022 · 7.7
Our Kind of People
2021 · 7.8
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021 · 3.2
Chicago Med
2015 · 8.3
Chicago P.D.
2014 · 8.4
Chicago Fire
2012 · 8.4
Unforgettable
2011 · 7.2
Body of Proof
2011 · 7.1
Mercy
2009 · 5.8
Army Wives
2007 · 7.5
Ugly Betty
2006 · 6.4
House
2004 · 8.6
Eve
2003 · 8.5
America's Next Top Model
2003 · 5.4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 7.9