List of Famous people with last name Dacosta

Camara DaCosta Johnson, better known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. DaCosta eventually went to star in TV series including ABC's daytime drama All My Children (2008), Ugly Betty (2009), and since 2015 stars in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med. DaCosta starred in the Lifetime television film Whitney (2015) as singer Whitney Houston and received praise for her performance.

Nia DaCosta is an American director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed the crime thriller film Little Woods (2019), winning the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also directed the upcoming horror film Candyman (2021). In August 2020, it was announced that DaCosta would direct the upcoming sequel to Captain Marvel, becoming the first black woman and the youngest filmmaker to direct a Marvel film.