Actor

Yaya DaCosta

Contemporaryb. 1982DramaComedyMusicAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

19 acting credits

as Greta

In Time

as Greta

2011

In Time

as Tally

The Nice Guys

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2016

The Nice Guys

Filmography

2025Not My Family: The Monique Smith StoryMonique Smith8.5 2019BoldenNora Bolden4.2 2019PeelSarah6.4 2018Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff StoryKendra8.4 2016The Nice GuysTally7.1 2015WhitneyWhitney Houston5.7

About

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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