Yaya DaCosta
- Recitazione
- 15 novembre 1982 · Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story · Monique Smith
- Avvocato di difesa - The Lincoln Lawyer · Andrea Freemann
- Our Kind of People · Angela Vaughn
- Punti di svolta con Robin Roberts · In persona
- Bolden · Nora Bolden
- Peel - Famiglia cercasi · Sarah
- Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story · Kendra
- The Nice Guys · Tally
- Chicago Med · April Sexton
- Whitney · Whitney Houston
- Mai così vicini · Kennedy
- Chicago P.D. · April Sexton
- Mother of George · Sade Bakare
- The Butler - Un maggiordomo alla Casa Bianca · Carol Hammie
- Big Words · Annie
- Chicago Fire · April Sexton
- In Time · Greta
- Unforgettable · Molly McGinty
- Rapina a Belfast · Sophie
- Body of Proof · Holly Bennett
- Weekends at Bellevue · Vanessa
- TRON: Legacy · Siren #3
- I ragazzi stanno bene · Tanya
- Oltre le regole - The Messenger · Monica Washington
- Mercy · Brooke Sullivan
- Corsa per la vita · Vanessa
- Honeydripper · China Doll
- Army Wives - Conflitti del cuore · Specialist Amber Stiles
- Ugly Betty · Nico Slater
- Ti va di ballare? · LaRhette
- Dr. House - Medical Division · Anita
- Eve · Ms. Jenkins
- America's Next Top Model · In persona
- Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali · Audrina
- I Simpson · Princess Kemi (Voce)