Candis Cayne
Acting
- Born:
- 1971-08-29
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Witchy Ways
Her Curve
How Not to Be a Junkie
I Hate New Year's
Disclosure
Visible: Out on Television
Candis for President
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
The Magicians
I Am Cait
Transparent
Crazy Bitches
The Little House That Could
Meth Head
Elementary
Groom's Cake
She's Living for This
Making the Boys
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Drop Dead Diva
RuPaul's Drag Race
Libanesa Loira
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Dirty Sexy Money
Starrbooty
The House of Venus Show
Grey's Anatomy
CSI: NY
Nip/Tuck
Mob Queen
Always Something Better
Dragtime
Stonewall
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Wigstock: The Movie