Candis Cayne
Acting
Born August 29, 1971 · Maui, Hawaii, USA
Biography
Candis Cayne is an American actress and performance artist. Cayne performed in New York City nightclubs in drag since the 1990s, and came out as transgender in 1996; Cayne came to national attention in 2007 for portraying transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's prime-time drama Dirty Sexy Money. The role makes Cayne the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character in primetime. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as the Fairy Queen on the fantasy series The Magicians.
Known For · 36 titles
Grey's Anatomy
Elementary
RuPaul's Drag Race
CSI: NY
Nip/Tuck
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
The Magicians
Drop Dead Diva
Transparent
Dirty Sexy Money
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Visible: Out on Television
The House of Venus Show
I Am Cait
Disclosure
She's Living for This
Starrbooty
Witchy Ways
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Dragtime
Stonewall
Wigstock: The Movie
Meth Head
Always Something Better
The Little House That Could
Mob Queen
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Groom's Cake
I Hate New Year's
Crazy Bitches
Her Curve
Making the Boys
How Not to Be a Junkie
Libanesa Loira
Candis for President