Personal Info
Birthday
August 29, 1971
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Known For
Acting
Candis Cayne
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.
Acting Filmography (36)
7.0
Witchy Ways
Movie2025
No Backdrop
0.0
Her Curve
Movie2023
0.0
How Not to Be a Junkie
Movie2022
6.7
I Hate New Year's
Movie2020
7.8
Disclosure
Movie2020
6.3
Visible: Out on Television
TV Series2020
0.0
Candis for President
Movie2018
No Backdrop
7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Movie2018
8.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
TV Series2016
7.6
The Magicians
TV Series2015
5.1
I Am Cait
TV Series2015
6.4
Transparent
TV Series2014
3.6
Crazy Bitches
Movie2014
0.0
The Little House That Could
Movie2013
4.1
Meth Head
Movie2013
7.6
Elementary
TV Series2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Groom's Cake
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
She's Living for This
TV Series2012
4.7
Making the Boys
Movie2011
4.5
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Movie2009
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
TV Series2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV Series2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Libanesa Loira
Movie2008
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV Series2007
6.2
Dirty Sexy Money
TV Series2007
3.5
Starrbooty
Movie2007
No Backdrop
3.3
The House of Venus Show
TV Series2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
TV Series2005
7.3
CSI: NY
TV Series2004
7.2
Nip/Tuck
TV Series2003
3.2
Mob Queen
Movie1998
No Backdrop
4.3
Always Something Better
Movie1997
0.0
Dragtime
Movie1997
5.7
Stonewall
Movie1995
7.4
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie1995
5.7
Wigstock: The Movie
Movie1995