Candis Cayne
August 29, 1971 (53 years old) in Maui, Hawaii, USA
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
Credits
- 2023 · Her Curve as
- 2022 · How Not to Be a Junkie as
- 2020 · I Hate New Year's as Zelena / Marley
- 2020 · Disclosure as Self - Actress
- 2020 · Visible: Out on Television as Self
- 2018 · Candis for President as
- 2018 · The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
- 2016 · Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry as Self - Guest
- 2015 · The Magicians as Fairy Queen
- 2015 · I Am Cait as Self
- 2014 · Transparent as Jolene
- 2014 · Crazy Bitches as Vivianna
- 2013 · The Little House That Could as Self
- 2013 · Meth Head as Pinkie
- 2012 · Elementary as Ms. Hudson
- 2012 · Groom's Cake as Candis
- 2012 · She's Living for This as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
- 2011 · Making the Boys as Herself
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Allison Webb
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Choreographer
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · Libanesa Loira as Libanesa
- 2007 · Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- 2007 · Dirty Sexy Money as Carmelita
- 2007 · Starrbooty as Annaka Manners
- 2005 · The House of Venus Show as Self
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Michelle Velez
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Quentin Conrad
- 1998 · Mob Queen as Glorice Kalsheim
- 1997 · Dragtime as Self
- 1995 · Stonewall as Diva 1
- 1995 · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Candis Cayne
- 1995 · Wigstock: The Movie as Self
- Future · Witchy Ways as Penny