🎭 Acting
Yaya DaCosta
November 15, 1982 (age 43)
Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Female
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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…
Movies
19 credits
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TRON: Legacy
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The Nice Guys
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The Butler
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Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
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The Kids Are All Right
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The Messenger
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Bolden
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Honeydripper
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Whitney
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Take the Lead
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Big Words
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And So It Goes
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Mother of George
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Peel
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Whole Lotta Sole
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Racing for Time
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Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
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Weekends at Bellevue
TV Shows
17 credits
TV
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Ugly Betty
TV
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Body of Proof
TV
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Eve
TV
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Mercy
TV
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Our Kind of People
TV
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Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts