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...
Also Known As
Yaya Alafia, Camara DaCosta Johnson
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Yaya DaCosta's Movies
In Time
27 Oct 2011
The Nice Guys
15 May 2016
TRON: Legacy
14 Dec 2010
The Butler
16 Aug 2013
The Kids Are All Right
09 Jul 2010
Take the Lead
17 Mar 2006
And So It Goes
10 Jul 2014
The Messenger
13 Nov 2009
Whitney
17 Jan 2015
Whole Lotta Sole
21 Apr 2011
Peel
07 Feb 2019
Honeydripper
10 Sept 2007
Mother of George
26 Aug 2013
Bolden
03 May 2019
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
27 Jan 2018
Racing for Time
16 Feb 2008
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
12 Apr 2025
Big Words
12 Jul 2013
Weekends at Bellevue
01 Jan 2011
Yaya DaCosta's TV Shows
The Simpsons
17 Dec 1989
House
16 Nov 2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20 Sept 1999
Chicago P.D.
08 Jan 2014
Chicago Fire
10 Oct 2012
Chicago Med
17 Nov 2015
The Lincoln Lawyer
13 May 2022
Unforgettable
20 Sept 2011
Ugly Betty
28 Sept 2006
Body of Proof
29 Mar 2011
America's Next Top Model
20 May 2003
America's Next Top Model
20 May 2003
Army Wives
03 Jun 2007
Mercy
23 Sept 2009
Our Kind of People
21 Sept 2021
Eve
15 Sept 2003
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
28 Jul 2021