CMNetwork Actors

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.

  • Nacimiento: 1982-11-15, Harlem, New York, New York, USA
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,8 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Dos buenos tipos (2016) — Tally
  • In Time (2011) — Greta
  • TRON: Legacy (2010) — Siren #3
  • Chicago Fire (2012) — April Sexton
  • House (2004) — Anita
  • Chicago Med (2015) — April Sexton
  • Los Simpson (1989) — Princess Kemi (voz)
  • Los chicos están bien (2010) — Tanya

Filmografía

  • Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (2025) — Monique Smith
  • El abogado del Lincoln (2022) — Andrea Freemann
  • Nuestra gente (2021) — Angela Vaughn
  • Bolden (2019) — Nora Bolden
  • Peel (2019) — Sarah
  • Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (2018) — Kendra
  • Dos buenos tipos (2016) — Tally
  • Chicago Med (2015) — April Sexton
  • Whitney (2015) — Whitney Houston
  • Así nos va (2014) — Kennedy
  • Chicago P.D. (2014) — April Sexton
  • Mother of George (2013) — Sade Bakare
  • El mayordomo (2013) — Carol Hammie
  • Big Words (2013) — Annie
  • Chicago Fire (2012) — April Sexton
  • In Time (2011) — Greta
  • Imborrable (2011) — Molly McGinty
  • Atraco en Belfast (2011) — Sophie
  • El cuerpo del delito (2011) — Holly Bennett
  • Weekends at Bellevue (2011) — Vanessa
  • TRON: Legacy (2010) — Siren #3
  • Los chicos están bien (2010) — Tanya
  • El mensajero (2009) — Monica Washington
  • Mercy (2009) — Brooke Sullivan
  • Racing for Time (2008) — Vanessa
  • Honeydripper (2007) — China Doll
  • Army Wives (2007) — Specialist Amber Stiles
  • Betty, mi fea bella (2006) — Nico Slater
  • Déjate llevar (2006) — LaRhette
  • House (2004) — Anita
  • Eve (2003) — Ms. Jenkins
  • Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Audrina
  • Los Simpson (1989) — Princess Kemi (voz)