Yaya DaCosta
- Schauspiel
- 15. November 1982 · Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story · Monique Smith
- The Lincoln Lawyer · Andrea Freemann
- Our Kind of People · Angela Vaughn
- Mach den Unterschied mit Robin Roberts · Selbst
- Bolden · Nora Bolden
- Peel · Sarah
- Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story · Kendra
- The Nice Guys · Tally
- Chicago Med · April Sexton
- Whitney · Whitney Houston
- Das grenzt an Liebe · Kennedy
- Chicago P.D. · April Sexton
- Mother of George · Sade Bakare
- Der Butler · Carol Hammie
- Big Words · Annie
- Chicago Fire · April Sexton
- In Time - Deine Zeit läuft ab · Greta
- Unforgettable · Molly McGinty
- Whole Lotta Sole - Raubfischen in Belfast · Sophie
- Body of Proof · Holly Bennett
- Weekends at Bellevue · Vanessa
- TRON: Legacy · Siren #3
- The Kids Are All Right · Tanya
- The Messenger - Die letzte Nachricht · Monica Washington
- Mercy · Brooke Sullivan
- Lauf um dein Leben · Vanessa
- Honeydripper · China Doll
- Army Wives · Specialist Amber Stiles
- Alles Betty! · Nico Slater
- Dance! Jeder Traum beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt · LaRhette
- Dr. House · Anita
- Eve · Ms. Jenkins
- America's Next Top Model · Selbst
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Audrina
- Die Simpsons · Princess Kemi (Stimme)