# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaya-dacosta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:03:02.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaya-dacosta"
name: "Yaya DaCosta"
slug: "yaya-dacosta"
description: "Yaya DaCosta 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)."
tagline: "American actress and model"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaya_DaCosta%2C_Afropunk_2023_(close-up).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1982-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.64701466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "yayadacosta"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yayadacosta/"
    handle:    "yayadacosta"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1861624/"
    handle:    "nm1861624"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yaya DaCosta"
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    title: "Yaya DaCosta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дакоста, Яя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yaya DaCosta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Yaya DaCosta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump