Yaya DaCosta
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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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In Time
Greta · 2011
The Simpsons
Princess Kemi (voice) · 1989
The Nice Guys
Tally · 2016
TRON: Legacy
Siren #3 · 2010
House
Anita · 2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Audrina · 1999
The Butler
Carol Hammie · 2013
Chicago P.D.
April Sexton · 2014
Chicago Fire
April Sexton · 2012
The Kids Are All Right
Tanya · 2010
Chicago Med
April Sexton · 2015
Take the Lead
LaRhette · 2006
The Lincoln Lawyer
Andrea Freemann · 2022
The Messenger
Monica Washington · 2009
And So It Goes
Kennedy · 2014
Unforgettable
Molly McGinty · 2011
Ugly Betty
Nico Slater · 2006
Body of Proof
Holly Bennett · 2011
America's Next Top Model
Self - Contestant · 2003
Whitney
Whitney Houston · 2015
Whole Lotta Sole
Sophie · 2011
Peel
Sarah · 2019
Honeydripper
China Doll · 2007
Army Wives
Specialist Amber Stiles · 2007