
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

Witchy Ways
Movie · as Penny

Her Curve
Movie

How Not to Be a Junkie
Movie

I Hate New Year's
Movie · as Zelena / Marley

Disclosure
Movie · as Self - Actress

Visible: Out on Television
TV · as Self · 5 eps

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Movie · as Self

Candis for President
Movie

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Magicians
TV · as Fairy Queen · 9 eps

I Am Cait
TV · as Self · 15 eps

Crazy Bitches
Movie · as Vivianna

Transparent
TV · as Jolene · 1 ep

Meth Head
Movie · as Pinkie

The Little House That Could
Movie · as Self

Groom's Cake
Movie · as Candis

Elementary
TV · as Ms. Hudson · 3 eps

She's Living for This
TV · as Candis Cayne / Various Characters · 1 ep

Making the Boys
Movie · as Self

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Movie · as Self

Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Allison Webb · 1 ep

RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge · 3 eps

Libanesa Loira
Movie · as Libanesa

Starrbooty
Movie · as Annaka Manners

Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Dirty Sexy Money
TV · as Carmelita · 11 eps

The House of Venus Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Michelle Velez · 2 eps

CSI: NY
TV · as Quentin Conrad · 1 ep

Nip/Tuck
TV · as Alexis Stone · 2 eps

Mob Queen
Movie · as Glorice Kalsheim

Dragtime
Movie · as Self

Always Something Better
Movie · as Billee

Stonewall
Movie · as Diva 1

Wigstock: The Movie
Movie · as Self

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie · as Candis Cayne


