<P> The movie stars Yaya DaCosta as Houston , Arlen Escarpeta as Brown and Yolonda Ross as Houston 's longtime friend and road manager Robyn Crawford . Whitney is set in a period of five years ( 1989 -- 1994 ) when Houston was catapulted in the worldwide success of her film debut The Bodyguard and its subsequent soundtrack . Filming took 20 days to shoot and was primarily filmed in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita , California . </P>
<P> The movie stars Yaya DaCosta as Houston , Arlen Escarpeta as Brown and Yolonda Ross as Houston 's longtime friend and road manager Robyn Crawford . Whitney is set in a period of five years ( 1989 -- 1994 ) when Houston was catapulted in the worldwide success of her film debut The Bodyguard and its subsequent soundtrack . Filming took 20 days to shoot and was primarily filmed in Los Angeles and Santa Clarita , California . </P>
who plays whitney houston in the lifetime movie
who plays whitney houston in the lifetime movie
Yaya DaCosta
Yaya DaCosta