
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 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
2025Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
Monique Smith
2019Bolden
Nora Bolden
2019Peel
Sarah
2018Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
Kendra
2016The Nice Guys
Tally
2015Whitney
Whitney Houston
2014And So It Goes
Kennedy
2013The Butler
Carol Hammie
2013Big Words
Annie
2013Mother of George
Sade Bakare
2011In Time
Greta
2011Whole Lotta Sole
Sophie
2011Weekends at Bellevue
Vanessa
2010TRON: Legacy
Siren #3
2010The Kids Are All Right
Tanya
2009The Messenger
Monica Washington
2008Racing for Time
Vanessa
2007Honeydripper
China Doll
2006Take the Lead
LaRhette