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.
19 movies · 16 shows
Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story
2025·6.0
Bolden
2019·4.1
Peel
2019·6.5
Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story
2018·8.4
The Nice Guys
2016·7.1
Whitney
2015·5.7
And So It Goes
2014·6.0
Mother of George
2013·5.3
The Butler
2013·7.3
Big Words
2013·5.0
In Time
2011·7.0
Whole Lotta Sole
2011·5.4
Weekends at Bellevue
2011·0.0
TRON: Legacy
2010·6.5
The Kids Are All Right
2010·6.6
The Messenger
2009·6.7
Racing for Time
2008·5.8
Honeydripper
2007·5.9
Take the Lead
2006·6.9