Yaya DaCosta Biography
Yaya DaCosta is an actress and model from the United States. In Cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model, she came in second place. DaCosta went on to star in ABC’s daytime soap All My Children, ABC’s comedy-drama Ugly Betty, and NBC’s hospital drama Chicago Med, among others. DaCosta was praised for her role as singer Whitney Houston in the Lifetime television film Whitney.
How old is Yaya DaCosta? – Age
She is 40 years old as of November 2022. She was born Camara DaCosta Johnson on 15 November 1982 in New York, New York, United States.
Yaya DaCosta Education
She went to the prestigious Northfield Mount Hermon School for high school before attending Brown University, where she majored in Africana Studies and International Relations.
Yaya DaCosta Husband- Married- Son
From 2012 through 2015, DaCosta was in a relationship with Joshua Bee Alafia, an independent film producer, and director. Sankara, their son, was born in September 2013. It was announced in November 2015 that DaCosta and Alafia had broken up. DaCosta and Alafia were never officially married, despite common belief.
Yaya DaCosta America’s Next Top Model
America’s Next Top Model (abbreviated ANTM and Top Model) is an American reality television series and an interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of “America’s Next Top Model” and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry.
Yaya DaCosta Career
DaCosta went on to have a great career after finishing second on Cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model. During the competition, DaCosta only finished in the bottom two once. Garnier Fructis, Lincoln Townhouse, Oil of Olay, Radioshack, Seda, Sephora, and Dr. Scholl have all used her in advertising. She’s appeared on the covers of W, Hype Hair, Splash, and Global Modeling, among others. She was featured in Tom Ford’s Fall/Winter 2014 advertising campaign. After guest-starring in an episode of the UPN series Eve, DaCosta began acting in 2005. She then starred in the 2006 dance film Take the Lead alongside Rob Brown, Antonio Banderas, and Alfre Woodard. Indie films Honeydripper and The Messenger featured DaCosta in supporting parts.
In 2008, she played Cassandra Foster, Angie Hubbard’s daughter, on the ABC soap opera All My Children. According to Charles Pratt, Jr., All My Children’s new head writer, DaCosta left the program in August 2008, less than four months after joining the company, to join the Broadway production of The First Breeze of Summer. The famous Negro Ensemble Company presented The First Breeze of Summer from 2008 to 2009. In the fourth and last season of the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, she had a recurring role as Nico Slater, the daughter of Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams). DaCosta has minor roles in The Kids Are All Right, a comedy-drama film, and Tron: Legacy, a science fiction action-adventure film, both in 2010. She later appeared in magazines, notably on the cover of W, L’Officiel, and Vogue, among others.
She also starred alongside Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey in the historical drama film The Butler in 2013. In a CNN interview with actress Angela Bassett in 2015, it was revealed that DaCosta would play Whitney Houston in a Lifetime television film on her life, which would be Bassett’s directorial debut. DaCosta earned a lot of positive feedback for her performance. DaCosta also starred as April Sexton, an ER nurse, on the NBC medical drama Chicago Med from 2015 until 2021. DaCosta confirmed her departure from Chicago Med after six seasons on May 14, 2021, and she has since joined Fox’s drama series Our Kind of People as Angela.
Yaya DaCosta’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 million as of 2022.
Yaya DaCosta Movies
- 2021-22 Our Kind of People
- 2017-19 Chicago P.D.
- 2015 The Simpsons
- 2015-22 Chicago Med
- 2015-22 Chicago Fire
- 2014 Unforgettable
- 2011 Body of Proof
- 2011-12 House
- 2010 Mercy Brooke
- 2010 Army Wives
- 2009 Ugly Betty
- 2009 Law & Order
- 2008 All My Children
- 2005 Eve
- 2004 America’s Next Top Model