DACOSTA Yaya
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DACOSTA
Yaya

American actress and model

Date of Birth 15 November 1982

Age 43 years old

In the rating #51 Actress

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Biography

Yaya DaCosta is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model.

DaCosta eventually went on to star in ABC's daytime drama series All My Children (2008), ABC's comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2009), and NBC's medical drama Chicago Med (2015–2022).

In 2010, she appeared in Lisa Cholodenko's film The Kids Are All Right, being nominated with the cast at the Critics' Choice Movie Award and at the Gotham Award. DaCosta starred in the Lifetime television film Whitney (2015) as singer Whitney Houston and received praise for her performance being nominated at the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series.

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