Candis Cayne

Born: 1971-08-29, 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.

Filmography

• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• CSI: NY (2004)
• Nip/Tuck (2003)
• Drop Dead Diva (2009)
• The Magicians (2015)
• Transparent (2014)
• Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
• Witchy Ways (2025)
• Starrbooty (2007)
• Mob Queen (1998)
• Meth Head (2013)
• Groom's Cake (2012)
• Her Curve (2023)
• I Hate New Year's (2020)
• Always Something Better (1997)
• How Not to Be a Junkie (2022)
• Libanesa Loira (2008)
• Candis for President (2018)