Candis Cayne

Candis Cayne

Known for
Acting
Born
August 29, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2025
Witchy Ways poster

Witchy Ways

Movie · as Penny

2023
Her Curve poster

Her Curve

Movie

2022
How Not to Be a Junkie poster

How Not to Be a Junkie

Movie

2020
I Hate New Year's poster

I Hate New Year's

Movie · as Zelena / Marley

2020
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · as Self - Actress

2020
Visible: Out on Television poster

Visible: Out on Television

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom poster

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

Movie · as Self

2018
Candis for President poster

Candis for President

Movie

2016
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry poster

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Magicians poster

The Magicians

TV · as Fairy Queen · 9 eps

2015
I Am Cait poster

I Am Cait

TV · as Self · 15 eps

2014
Crazy Bitches poster

Crazy Bitches

Movie · as Vivianna

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Jolene · 1 ep

2013
Meth Head poster

Meth Head

Movie · as Pinkie

2013
The Little House That Could poster

The Little House That Could

Movie · as Self

2012
Groom's Cake poster

Groom's Cake

Movie · as Candis

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Ms. Hudson · 3 eps

2012
She's Living for This poster

She's Living for This

TV · as Candis Cayne / Various Characters · 1 ep

2011
Making the Boys poster

Making the Boys

Movie · as Self

2009
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema poster

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema

Movie · as Self

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Allison Webb · 1 ep

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge · 3 eps

2008
Libanesa Loira poster

Libanesa Loira

Movie · as Libanesa

2007
Starrbooty poster

Starrbooty

Movie · as Annaka Manners

2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians poster

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
Dirty Sexy Money poster

Dirty Sexy Money

TV · as Carmelita · 11 eps

2005
The House of Venus Show poster

The House of Venus Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Michelle Velez · 2 eps

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Quentin Conrad · 1 ep

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Alexis Stone · 2 eps

1998
Mob Queen poster

Mob Queen

Movie · as Glorice Kalsheim

1997
Dragtime poster

Dragtime

Movie · as Self

1997
Always Something Better poster

Always Something Better

Movie · as Billee

1995
Stonewall poster

Stonewall

Movie · as Diva 1

1995
Wigstock: The Movie poster

Wigstock: The Movie

Movie · as Self

1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Movie · as Candis Cayne