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Yaya DaCosta

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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.

Known for

8.6

House

2004 · TV Series · Drama

7.0

In Time

2011 · Movie · Action · Thriller

8.5

Eve

2003 · TV Series · Comedy

5.8

Mercy

2009 · TV Series · Drama

5.7

Whitney

2015 · Movie · Romance · Drama

4.1

Bolden

2019 · Movie · Drama · Music

6.5

Peel

2019 · Movie · Drama · Comedy

Yaya DaCosta — movies & series · Netflix Discovery