🎭 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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Take the Lead
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The Butler
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And So It Goes
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The Messenger
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The Kids Are All Right
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Whole Lotta Sole
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Bolden
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Honeydripper
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Whitney
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Peel
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Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
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Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
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Racing for Time
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Big Words
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Mother of George
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Weekends at Bellevue
TV Shows
17 credits
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TV
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Body of Proof
TV
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Ugly Betty
PRO
TV
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Eve
TV
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Mercy
TV
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Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
TV
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Our Kind of People