Yaya DaCosta

Yaya DaCosta is one of those people who somehow gets slept on despite being genuinely talented and drop-dead striking. She came up as the runner-up on America's Next Top Model Cycle 3, and honestly, the fact that she didn't win but still built a real acting career says a lot about her hustle. Brown University grad turned TV staple — you love to see it. She anchored Chicago Med for seven seasons as April Sexton, which is no small thing; that kind of long-haul network television commitment requires serious range and reliability. I wish she'd gotten meatier big-screen opportunities, because the presence is clearly there. A quietly underrated career worth a second look.

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Name (English)

Yaya DaCosta

Name (Japanese)

ヤヤ・ダコスタ

Reading

やや・だこすた

Born

November 15, 1982 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

actor / model

University

Brown University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yayadacosta/
• Xhttps://x.com/yayadacosta
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaya%20DaCosta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260211

Tags

• New York
• actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

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