Yaya DaCosta
![DaCosta at [[Afropunk Festival]] in 2023](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Yaya_DaCosta%2C_Afropunk_2023_%28cropped%29.png)
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. Provided by Wikipedia