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.
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 14.695 |
Birthday | 1982-11-15 |
Place of Birth | Harlem, New York, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Yaya Alafia, Camara DaCosta Johnson, Yaya DaCosta, |
2010
TRON: Legacy
6.5/6935
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a myste...
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TRON: Legacy
2006
Take the Lead
6.9/668
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students'...
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Take the Lead
2008
Racing for Time
5.8/4
Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions...
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Racing for Time
2015
Whitney
5.5/84
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
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Whitney
2010
The Kids Are All Right
6.6/1432
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids...
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The Kids Are All Right
2011
In Time
6.97/11069
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for...
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In Time
2013
The Butler
7.345/2800
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...
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The Butler
2016
The Nice Guys
7.115/7679
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
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The Nice Guys
2014
And So It Goes
6.058/441
Nobody likes self-centered realtor Oren Little, and he prefers it that way. He's deliberately mean to anyone who crosses his path and wants nothing mo...
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And So It Goes
2007
Honeydripper
6.2/33
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric gui...
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Honeydripper
2019
Bolden
4.3/13
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
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Bolden
2019
Peel
6.4/43
After his father takes his two brothers and high tails it, Peel is forced to grow up in a state of arrested development. Once his mother dies, he must...
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Peel
2009
The Messenger
6.7/410
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is pa...
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The Messenger
2011
Whole Lotta Sole
5.3/60
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned...
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Whole Lotta Sole
Weekends at Bellevue
0/0
The unaired movie that centers on Ellie, the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit.
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Weekends at Bellevue
2013
Mother of George
5.5/26
A story about a woman willing to do anything and risk everything for her marriage.
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Mother of George
2013
Big Words
5/1
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
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Big Words
2018
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
8.7/6
On the day that Antoinette Tuff considered suicide, she realized that all of her challenges had prepared her for a purpose; to save an Atlanta school...
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