Candis Cayne
1971-08-29 (1971)Maui, Hawaii, USAActing
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
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Elementary
TV • 2012
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV • 2007
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Transparent
TV • 2014
Dirty Sexy Money
TV • 2007
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
TV • 2016
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
I Am Cait
TV • 2015
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
MOVIE • 1995
Witchy Ways
MOVIE • 2025
She's Living for This
TV • 2012
Starrbooty
MOVIE • 2007