Yaya DaCosta

Born: 1982-11-15, Harlem, New York, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Chicago Fire (2012)
• Chicago P.D. (2014)
• Chicago Med (2015)
• Army Wives (2007)
• Unforgettable (2011)
• Ugly Betty (2006)
• Body of Proof (2011)
• The Nice Guys (2016)
• In Time (2011)
• TRON: Legacy (2010)
• Eve (2003)
• The Butler (2013)
• And So It Goes (2014)
• Take the Lead (2006)
• The Kids Are All Right (2010)
• The Messenger (2009)
• Honeydripper (2007)
• Bolden (2019)
• Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (2018)
• Big Words (2013)
• Racing for Time (2008)
• Whole Lotta Sole (2011)
• Weekends at Bellevue (2011)
• Mother of George (2013)
• Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (2025)