Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    18

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    November 15, 1982 ( 42 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Harlem, New York, New York, USA

  • Also Known As

    Yaya Alafia

    Camara DaCosta Johnson

    Yaya DaCosta

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.

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