Candis Cayne
Born: 1971-08-29 in Maui, Hawaii, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Witchy Ways as Penny
2023
2020
- Disclosure as Self - Actress
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
- I Hate New Year's as Zelena / Marley
2016
- Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry as Self - Guest
2015
- The Magicians as Fairy Queen
- I Am Cait as Self
2014
- Transparent as Jolene
- Crazy Bitches as Vivianna
2013
- Meth Head as Pinkie
- The Little House That Could as Self
2012
- Elementary as Ms. Hudson
- Groom's Cake as Candis
- She's Living for This as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
2011
- Making the Boys as Self
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Choreographer
- Drop Dead Diva as Allison Webb
2008
- Libanesa Loira as Libanesa
2007
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- Dirty Sexy Money as Carmelita
- Starrbooty as Annaka Manners
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Michelle Velez
- The House of Venus Show as Self
2004
- CSI: NY as Quentin Conrad
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Alexis Stone
1998
- Mob Queen as Glorice Kalsheim
1997
- Dragtime as Self
- Always Something Better as Billee
1995
- Stonewall as Diva 1
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Candis Cayne
- Wigstock: The Movie as Self