Yaya DaCosta

Explore Yaya DaCosta's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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

• Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story (2025)
• Bolden (2019)
• Peel (2019)
• Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story (2018)
• The Nice Guys (2016)
• Whitney (2015)
• And So It Goes (2014)
• Mother of George (2013)
• The Butler (2013)
• Big Words (2013)
• In Time (2011)
• Whole Lotta Sole (2011)
• Weekends at Bellevue (2011)
• TRON: Legacy (2010)
• The Kids Are All Right (2010)
• The Messenger (2009)
• Racing for Time (2008)
• Honeydripper (2007)
• Take the Lead (2006)