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.
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Acting History
2024
Witchy Ways as Penny
2023Her Curve
2022How Not to Be a Junkie
2020I Hate New Year's as Zelena / Marley
2020Disclosure as Self - Actress
2020Visible: Out on Television as Self
2018Candis for President
2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
2016Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry as Self - Guest
2015The Magicians as Fairy Queen
2015I Am Cait as Self
2014Transparent as Jolene
2014Crazy Bitches as Vivianna
2013The Little House That Could as Self
2013Meth Head as Pinkie
2012Elementary as Ms. Hudson
2012Groom's Cake as Candis
2012She's Living for This as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
2011Making the Boys as Self
2009Drop Dead Diva as Allison Webb
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Choreographer
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008Libanesa Loira as Libanesa
2007Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
2007Dirty Sexy Money as Carmelita
2007Starrbooty as Annaka Manners
2005The House of Venus Show as Self
2005Grey's Anatomy as Michelle Velez
2004CSI: NY as Quentin Conrad
2003Nip/Tuck as Alexis Stone
1998Mob Queen as Glorice Kalsheim
1997Always Something Better as Billee
1997Dragtime as Self
1995Stonewall as Diva 1
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Candis Cayne
1995Wigstock: The Movie as Self