First sightWho is she? A 25-year-old model turned actor. She's previously best known for coming second on season 3 of America's Next Top Model “ANTM” redirects here. For the Australian series, see Australia's Next Top Model. America's Next Top Model (often shortened to Top Model or abbreviated as ANTM . Another model turned actor? She already sounds like a no-no. Ouch, I suppose jokes like that are DaCosta fame. Well, Yaya has a little more going for her than just her poise, elegance and looks. She majored in international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, and African studies African studies (also known as Africana studies) is the study of Africa, and can encompass such fields as social and economic development, politics, history, culture, sociology, anthropology or linguistics. A specialist in African studies is referred to as an Africanist. at Brown University, and even turned down a job at the UN. How's she getting on with the acting? She got good notices for her role as a dancer in the Antonio Banderas vehicle Take the Lead and will soon be seen as China Doll China Doll may refer to:
So, let me guess: does she play a model or a dancer? Neither: it's a plum role as Danny Glover's weak-hearted daughter. Sayles isn't the kind of director to hire someone just to stand around and look pretty. She acquits herself admirably in a cast that includes Stacy Keach Stacy Keach (born Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. on June 2, 1941 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration work in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some , Vondie Curtis-Hall and Mary Steenburgen Mary Steenburgen (IPA: /ˈstiːnbɜrdʒən/; born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. , appearing on screen for many of the film's 123 minutes. What's next? She impressed her Honeydripper co-star Charles S Dutton enough for him to give her a role in a TV movie he'd directed, Racing for Time, and has just completed work on Jerry Allen Davis' human trafficking drama The Shanghai Hotel. 
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