My Take
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.
Overview
Yaya DaCosta (born November 15, 1982) is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. DaCosta eventually appeared 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).
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.