Yaya DaCosta dug deep for her starring role in Lifetime’s next “Ripped From the Headlines” project Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story. Premiering April 12, the movie chronicles Smith’s incredible ...

Yaya DaCosta in 'Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story' Yaya DaCosta is flexing a new muscle for the Lifetime movie Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story. The film, which premieres on the network on ...

Actress-model Yaya DaCosta—who Lifetime fans will recognize from her performance as music icon Whitney Houston in the network's 2015 biopic Whitney—leads the channel's latest “Ripped from the ...

Last month it was reported that Angela Bassett would make her directorial debut with the Lifetime movie Whitney Houston, a biopic chronicling Houston and Bobby Brown’s relationship. According to a ...

It looks as though Yaya DaCosta is already stepping into her role as Whitney Houston for Lifetime’s 2015 biopic about the Grammy-winning songstress. Suggested Reading This Baby Looks Just Like John ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Yaya DaCosta had to dig deep to reach the confidence radiated by Whitney Houston at her peak, especially on stage. But in portraying the legendary performer and recording artist in ...

*New York—Actress Yaya DaCosta, who plays the title role of Lifetime’s upcoming ‘I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story,’ hosts the public television series “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Exchange” ...

*NBC’s “Chicago Med” will at last make its debut on Tuesday (11-17-15), bringing S. Epatha Merkerson back to the network as a woman in charge. Following her 17-season run as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van ...

Yaya DaCosta is flexing a new muscle for the Lifetime movie Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story. The film, which premieres on the network on Friday, April 12, follows the story of Monique Smith who ...

When Smith discovered she didn’t have proper documentation like a birth certificate or social security card, it sent her down a rabbit hole that led to shocking revelations. She left no stone unturned ...