Inside Lincoln Lawyer star Yaya DaCosta’s life from feeling ‘betrayed’ on reality show to tragic loss

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The Lincoln Lawyer season three saw the main cast back together again for the Netflix hit but what is there to know about the star behind Andrea Freeman away from the show?Netflix subscribers were over the moon to see Mickey Haller (played by Manual Garcia-Rulfo) and his team return for the legal drama’s third outing and are awaiting news of a possible fourth series.Among those who starred in season three was attorney DaCosta's character Andrea Freeman and viewers are curious to know all there is about the 41-year-old.DaCosta was one of four siblings born in New York to her Brazilian and Nigerian parents, with her mum working as a Montessori teacher and her dad a professor of sociology.She studied International Relations and African Studies at Brown University andWhile DaCosta is best known nowadays for her acting work, her career in the entertainment industry launched when she starred in season three of America’s Next Top Model with host Tyra Banks.Just 21 years old at the time, she made it all the way to the final and was declared the 2004 runner-up.During her stint on the reality show though, DaCosta had been accused of coming across as arrogant and cocky both by her fellow contestants and the judges which left its mark on the star.“I was introduced to the public, which is a very different thing, in 2004 when I participated in a reality show.“That was really difficult for me because I only realized afterward that … they were leading us to places that felt inauthentic to ourselves in the moment. “After such a period of feeling lost, of confused, betrayed, I definitely had to tap into my tools and then gather more tools, prioritize my self-love, prioritize forgiveness of myself for having made that choice and allowing