Candis Cayne
- Acting
- 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
Filmography
- Witchy Ways · Penny
- Her Curve
- How Not to Be a Junkie
- I Hate New Year's · Zelena / Marley
- Disclosure · Self
- Visible: Out on Television · Self
- Candis for President · Executive producer
- The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom · Self
- Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry · Self
- The Magicians · Fairy Queen
- I Am Cait · Self
- Transparent · Jolene
- Crazy Bitches · Vivianna
- The Little House That Could · Self
- Meth Head · Pinkie
- Elementary · Ms. Hudson
- Groom's Cake · Candis
- She's Living for This · Candis Cayne / Various Characters
- Making the Boys · Self
- Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema · Self
- Drop Dead Diva · Allison Webb
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- Libanesa Loira · Libanesa
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians · Self
- Dirty Sexy Money · Carmelita
- Starrbooty · Annaka Manners
- The House of Venus Show · Self
- Grey's Anatomy · Michelle Velez
- CSI: NY · Quentin Conrad
- Nip/Tuck · Alexis Stone
- Mob Queen · Glorice Kalsheim
- Always Something Better · Billee
- Dragtime · Self
- Stonewall · Diva 1, Choreographer
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar · Candis Cayne
- Wigstock: The Movie · Self