Candis Cayne
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1971-08-29 · Maui, Hawaii, USA
Known for
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Michelle Velez
- Elementary (2012) — Ms. Hudson
- The Magicians (2015) — Fairy Queen
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007) — Self
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) — Candis Cayne
- CSI: NY (2004) — Quentin Conrad
- Nip/Tuck (2003) — Alexis Stone
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) — Self - Choreographer
- Drop Dead Diva (2009) — Allison Webb
- Transparent (2014) — Jolene
- Disclosure (2020) — Self - Actress
- Dirty Sexy Money (2007) — Carmelita
- I Am Cait (2015) — Self
- Stonewall (1995) — Diva 1
- Visible: Out on Television (2020) — Self
- I Hate New Year's (2020) — Zelena / Marley