She's taking on a big role portraying iconic Grammy winning singer Whitney Houston.
And while Yaya Dacosta may not be able to recreate the late star's legendary voice, she's doing her best to get the look down.
The 31-year-old channeled the pop diva's 1987 Whitney album cover in the first photo released from the upcoming Lifetime biopic.
To prepare for the photo shoot, the former America's Next Top Model contestant nonchalantly told Entertainment Weekly: 'I just looked at the picture and did the pose!'
Further
adding to the pop star's resemblance, Yaya was decked out in a similar
white vest top as Houston wears on the album cover.
The
Butler actress also had her hair styled in wavy curls with dark eye
shadow, heavy
eyeliner and a slick of glossy red lipstick to capture
Whitney's late '80s style.
Top Model: The 31-year-old recently appeared in The Butler, pictured here at a premiere in New York in April
The film - tentatively titled Whitney Houston - just began shooting and is being helmed by actress Angela Bassett.
The
veteran star, who appeared alongside Whitney in the 1995 comedy drama
Waiting to Exhale, will be making her directorial debut in the film.
The
biopic will focus on Whitney's relationship with ex-husband Bobby Brown
and will not address her death in 2012, which is something Bassett told
EW she did not want to highlight.
'We’re
not interested in dragging her life again through, you know, the muck.
She had to play out her choices, and the consequences of them, in a very
hot, glaring spotlight, but we’re not interested in dragging that
through again.'
Icon: The Lifetime biopic will focus on the late star's relationship with ex-husband Bobby Brown
While many fans are excited about the project, the Greatest Love Of All performer's family are none-to-pleased about the film.
According to TMZ, Whitney's family are 'p***ed' it is a made-for-television movie because they feel she deserves so much more.
Pat
Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law, told the gossip site: 'Whitney is
certainly worthy of more than a television movie. If Whitney were here
today, this would not be happening.'
The
singer's loved ones are instead planning their own big screen movie in
the style of Michael Jackson's 'This Is It', which they feel would be a
more fitting tribute to the musical icon.
The Lifetime biopic is scheduled to air in 2015.
Directorial debut: Angela Bassett is helming the Lifetime film
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