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.

Filmography

• 2025Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story — Monique Smith
• The Lincoln Lawyer — Andrea Freemann
• Our Kind of People — Angela Vaughn
• 2019Bolden — Nora Bolden
• 2019Peel — Sarah
• 2018Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story — Kendra
• 2016The Nice Guys — Tally
• Chicago Med — April Sexton
• 2015Whitney — Whitney Houston
• 2014And So It Goes — Kennedy
• Chicago P.D. — April Sexton
• 2013Big Words — Annie
• 2013Mother of George — Sade Bakare
• 2013The Butler — Carol Hammie
• Chicago Fire — April Sexton
• Body of Proof — Holly Bennett
• 2011In Time — Greta
• Unforgettable — Molly McGinty
• 2011Weekends at Bellevue — Vanessa
• 2011Whole Lotta Sole — Sophie
• 2010TRON: Legacy — Siren #3
• 2010The Kids Are All Right — Tanya
• Mercy — Brooke Sullivan
• 2009The Messenger — Monica Washington
• 2008Racing for Time — Vanessa
• Army Wives — Specialist Amber Stiles
• 2007Honeydripper — China Doll
• 2006Take the Lead — LaRhette
• Ugly Betty — Nico Slater
• House — Anita
• Eve — Ms. Jenkins
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Audrina
• The Simpsons — Princess Kemi (voice)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts — Self
• America's Next Top Model — Self - Contestant, Self - Top Model in Action