Model Yaya DaCosta, who goes by the real name is Camara DaCosta Johnson, has been picked to play the role of Whitney Houston, in the son to be film set to air on Lifetime. The Whitney Houston biopic is of her life and Angela Bassett is the director.

The movie will tell the story of her whole life involving her family, her husband and close her other close relationships. Will you be watching?

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