- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1971
- Place of Birth
- Maui, Hawaii, USA
Candis Cayne
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.
Filmography
movieWitchy Ways
2025 · Penny
movieHer Curve
2023
movieHow Not to Be a Junkie
2022
movieI Hate New Year's
2020 · Zelena / Marley
movieDisclosure
2020 · Self - Actress
tvVisible: Out on Television
2020 · Self
movieCandis for President
2018 · , Executive Producer
movieThe Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Self
tvHollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · Self - Guest
tvThe Magicians
2015 · Fairy Queen
tvI Am Cait
2015 · Self
tvTransparent
2014 · Jolene
movieCrazy Bitches
2014 · Vivianna
movieThe Little House That Could
2013 · Self
movieMeth Head
2013 · Pinkie
tvElementary
2012 · Ms. Hudson
movieGroom's Cake
2012 · Candis
tvShe's Living for This
2012 · Candis Cayne / Various Characters
movieMaking the Boys
2011 · Self
movieStarz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · Self
tvDrop Dead Diva
2009 · Allison Webb
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge
movieLibanesa Loira
2008 · Libanesa
tvKeeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Self
tvDirty Sexy Money
2007 · Carmelita
movieStarrbooty
2007 · Annaka Manners
tvThe House of Venus Show
2005 · Self
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Michelle Velez
tvCSI: NY
2004 · Quentin Conrad
tvNip/Tuck
2003 · Alexis Stone
movieMob Queen
1998 · Glorice Kalsheim
movieAlways Something Better
1997 · Billee
movieDragtime
1997 · Self
movieStonewall
1995 · Diva 1, Choreographer
movieTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Candis Cayne
movieWigstock: The Movie
1995 · Self