Yaya Dacosta
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Yaya Dacosta
BIOGRAPHY: Yaya DaCosta ‘Camara DaCosta Johnson’ was born on November 15, 1982, in Harlem, New York, and is of Brazilian and Nigerian descent., After finishing second on Cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model, DaCosta went on to have a successful career.[4] DaCosta only appeared once in the bottom two during the competition. She has appeared in advertisements for Garnier Fructis, Lincoln Townhouse, Oil of Olay, Radioshack, Seda, Sephora and Dr. Scholl’s. DaCosta began acting in 2005 after having a guest role on an episode of the television show Eve. She then starred opposite Rob Brown, Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard in the 2006 dance film Take the Lead. DaCosta had supporting roles in the independent films Honeydripper (2007) and The Messenger (2009). She appeared on All My Children in 2008 as Cassandra Foster, the daughter of Angie Hubbard. According to an interview with All My Children’s new head writer, Charles Pratt, Jr., DaCosta exited the role some time in August 2008, less than four months after joining the show, to join the cast of “The First Breeze of Summer” on Broadway. “The First Breeze of Summer” was presented from 2008-2009 by the historic Negro Ensemble Company. |
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MORE MOVIE WITH: Yaya Dacosta
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 Whitney (2015) Play: Whitney Houston |
 Mother of George (2013) Play: |
 Honeydripper (2007) Play: China Doll |
 Take the Lead (2006) Play: LaRhette |
SERIES TV WITH: Yaya Dacosta
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