Yaya DaCosta
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.
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Movies (19)
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025 · Monique Smith
Bolden
2019 · Nora Bolden
La vida de Peel
2019 · Sarah
Creencia Bajo Fuego: La historia de Antoinette Tuff
2018 · Kendra
Dos Tipos Peligrosos
2016 · Tally
Whitney
2015 · Whitney Houston
Juntos... pero no tanto
2014 · Kennedy
Mother of George
2013 · Sade Bakare
El Mayordomo de la Casa Blanca
2013 · Carol Hammie
Big Words
2013 · Annie
El Precio del Mañana
2011 · Greta
Whole Lotta Sole
2011 · Sophie
Weekends at Bellevue
2011 · Vanessa
Tron: El Legado
2010 · Siren #3
The Kids Are All Right
2010 · Tanya
El mensajero
2009 · Monica Washington
Racing for Time
2008 · Vanessa
Honeydripper
2007 · China Doll
Ritmo y seducción
2006 · LaRhette
TV shows (16)
El abogado del Lincoln
2022 · Andrea Freemann
Nuestra gente
2021 · Angela Vaughn
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021 · Self
Chicago Med
2015 · April Sexton
Policías de Chicago
2014 · April Sexton
Chicago Fire
2012 · April Sexton
Inolvidable
2011 · Molly McGinty
Body of Proof
2011 · Holly Bennett
Mercy
2009 · Brooke Sullivan
Army Wives
2007 · Specialist Amber Stiles
Betty, Mi fea bella
2006 · Nico Slater
Dr. House
2004 · Anita
Eve
2003 · Ms. Jenkins
Top Model
2003 · Self - Contestant, Self - Top Model in Action
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Audrina
Los Simpson
1989 · Princess Kemi (voice)