Biography
Yaya DaCosta, also credited as Yaya Alafia and Camara DaCosta Johnson, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in cycle three of America's Next Top Model (2004). She attended Brown University, where she studied Africana studies and international relations.
DaCosta made her feature film debut in Take the Lead (2006). She played Tanya in the ensemble film The Kids Are All Right (2010) and appeared in Tron: Legacy (2010), In Time (2011), The Butler (2013) and The Nice Guys (2016). On television she has had roles in All My Children (2008), Ugly Betty (2009) and Chicago Med (2015–2022) as April Sexton, and starred as Whitney Houston in the television film Whitney (2015).
