Yaya DaCosta

1982 (43) • Acting

Born: 11/15/1982 (43) in Harlem, New York, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

80%

Princess Kemi (voice)

1989

The Nice Guys

71%

Tally

2016

House

86%

Anita

2004

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

80%

Audrina

1999

Chicago P.D.

84%

April Sexton

2014

Chicago Fire

84%

April Sexton

2012

The Kids Are All Right

66%

Tanya

2010

Chicago Med

83%

April Sexton

2015

Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story

60%

Monique Smith

2025

The Lincoln Lawyer

77%

Andrea Freemann

2022

Our Kind of People

78%

Angela Vaughn

2021

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

32%

Self

2021

Bolden

41%

Nora Bolden

2019

Peel

65%

Sarah

2019

Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story

84%

Kendra

2018

The Nice Guys

71%

Tally

2016

Chicago Med

83%

April Sexton

2015

Whitney

57%

Whitney Houston

2015

And So It Goes

60%

Kennedy

2014

Chicago P.D.

84%

April Sexton

2014

Mother of George

53%

Sade Bakare

2013

The Butler

73%

Carol Hammie

2013

Big Words

50%

Annie

2013

Chicago Fire

84%

April Sexton

2012

In Time

70%

Greta

2011

Unforgettable

72%

Molly McGinty

2011

Whole Lotta Sole

54%

Sophie

2011

Body of Proof

71%

Holly Bennett

2011

Weekends at Bellevue

Vanessa

2011

TRON: Legacy

65%

Siren #3

2010

The Kids Are All Right

66%

Tanya

2010

The Messenger

68%

Monica Washington

2009

Mercy

58%

Brooke Sullivan

2009

Racing for Time

58%

Vanessa

2008

Honeydripper

59%

China Doll

2007

Army Wives

75%

Specialist Amber Stiles

2007