Yaya DaCosta
ActingCamara 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.
Movies
Monique Smith
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025
Nora Bolden
Bolden
2019
Sarah
Peel
2019
Kendra
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018
Tally
The Nice Guys
2016
Whitney Houston
Whitney
2015
Kennedy
And So It Goes
2014
Sade Bakare
Mother of George
2013
Carol Hammie
The Butler
2013
Annie
Big Words
2013
Greta
In Time
2011
Sophie
Whole Lotta Sole
2011
Vanessa
Weekends at Bellevue
2011
Siren #3
TRON: Legacy
2010
Tanya
The Kids Are All Right
2010
Monica Washington
The Messenger
2009
Vanessa
Racing for Time
2008
China Doll
Honeydripper
2007
LaRhette
Take the Lead
2006
TV Shows
Andrea Freemann
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
Angela Vaughn
Our Kind of People
2021
Self
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
April Sexton
Chicago Med
2015
April Sexton
Chicago P.D.
2014
April Sexton
Chicago Fire
2012
Molly McGinty
Unforgettable
2011
Holly Bennett
Body of Proof
2011
Brooke Sullivan
Mercy
2009
Specialist Amber Stiles
Army Wives
2007
Nico Slater
Ugly Betty
2006
Anita
House
2004
Ms. Jenkins
Eve
2003
Self - Contestant
America's Next Top Model
2003
Self - Top Model in Action
America's Next Top Model
2003
Audrina
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Princess Kemi (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
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