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