
Yaya DaCosta
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 N…
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Filmography
Acting (35)
Movies (18)
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025as Monique Smith
Bolden
2019as Nora Bolden
Peel
2019as Sarah
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018as Kendra
The Nice Guys
2016as Tally
Whitney
2015as Whitney Houston
And So It Goes
2014as Kennedy
Mother of George
2013as Sade Bakare
The Butler
2013as Carol Hammie
Big Words
2013as Annie
In Time
2011as Greta
Whole Lotta Sole
2011as Sophie
TRON: Legacy
2010as Siren #3
The Kids Are All Right
2010as Tanya
The Messenger
2009as Monica Washington
Racing for Time
2008as Vanessa
Honeydripper
2007as China Doll
Take the Lead
2006as LaRhette
Television (17)
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022as Andrea Freemann
Our Kind of People
2021as Angela Vaughn
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021as Self
Chicago Med
2015as April Sexton
Chicago Med
2015as April Sexton
Chicago P.D.
2014as April Sexton
Chicago Fire
2012as April Sexton
Unforgettable
2011as Molly McGinty
Body of Proof
2011as Holly Bennett
Mercy
2009as Brooke Sullivan
Army Wives
2007as Specialist Amber Stiles
Ugly Betty
2006as Nico Slater
House
2004as Anita
America's Next Top Model
2003as Self - Contestant
Eve
2003as Ms. Jenkins
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Audrina
The Simpsons
1989as Princess Kemi (voice)
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