Yaya DaCosta

Biography

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Audrina

America's Next Top Model

Contestant

The Simpsons

Princess Kemi (voice)

Army Wives

Specialist Amber Stiles

Chicago P.D.

April Sexton

Chicago Fire

April Sexton

House

Anita

Ugly Betty

Nico Slater

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story	Monique Smith
2019	Bolden	Nora Bolden
2019	Peel	Sarah
2018	Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story	Kendra
2016	The Nice Guys	Tally
2015	Whitney	Whitney Houston
2014	And So It Goes	Kennedy
2013	The Butler	Carol Hammie
2013	Big Words	Annie
2013	Mother of George	Sade Bakare
2011	In Time	Greta
2011	Whole Lotta Sole	Sophie
2010	TRON: Legacy	Siren #3
2010	The Kids Are All Right	Tanya
2009	The Messenger	Monica Washington
2008	Racing for Time	Vanessa
2007	Honeydripper	China Doll
2006	Take the Lead	LaRhette
	Weekends at Bellevue	Vanessa

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	The Lincoln Lawyer	Andrea Freemann
2021	Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts	Self
2021	Our Kind of People	Angela Vaughn
2015	Chicago Med	April Sexton
2014	Chicago P.D.	April Sexton
2012	Chicago Fire	April Sexton
2011	Body of Proof	Holly Bennett
2011	Unforgettable	Molly McGinty
2009	Mercy	Brooke Sullivan
2007	Army Wives	Specialist Amber Stiles
2006	Ugly Betty	Nico Slater
2004	House	Anita
2003	Eve	Ms. Jenkins
2003	America's Next Top Model	Contestant
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Audrina
1989	The Simpsons	Princess Kemi (voice)