Candis Cayne
Acting
1971-08-29 · Maui, Hawaii, USA
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
Witchy Ways
2025 · Movie
Her Curve
2023 · Movie
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022 · Movie
I Hate New Year's
2020 · Movie
Disclosure
2020 · Movie
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Series
Candis for President
2018 · Movie
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Movie
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · Series
The Magicians
2015 · Series
I Am Cait
2015 · Series
Transparent
2014 · Series
Crazy Bitches
2014 · Movie
The Little House That Could
2013 · Movie
Meth Head
2013 · Movie
Elementary
2012 · Series
Groom's Cake
2012 · Movie
She's Living for This
2012 · Series
Making the Boys
2011 · Movie
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · Movie
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
Libanesa Loira
2008 · Movie
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Series
Dirty Sexy Money
2007 · Series
Starrbooty
2007 · Movie
The House of Venus Show
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
CSI: NY
2004 · Series
Nip/Tuck
2003 · Series
Mob Queen
1998 · Movie
Always Something Better
1997 · Movie
Dragtime
1997 · Movie
Stonewall
1995 · Movie
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Movie
Wigstock: The Movie
1995 · Movie