Candis Cayne
Department: 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.
Known For
Her Curve
2023
Meth Head
2013
Stonewall
1995
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
Libanesa Loira
2008
Witchy Ways
2025
Crazy Bitches
2014
Groom's Cake
2012
Dragtime
1997
Wigstock: The Movie
1995
Making the Boys
2011
Mob Queen
1998
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Starrbooty
2007
The Little House That Could
2013
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
I Hate New Year's
2020
Disclosure
2020
Candis for President
2018
Always Something Better
1997
CSI: NY
2004
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Elementary
2012
The House of Venus Show
2005
She's Living for This
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Magicians
2015
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Grey's Anatomy
2005
I Am Cait
2015
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
Visible: Out on Television
2020
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Nip/Tuck
2003
Transparent
2014