Candis Cayne
Known for ActingBorn 1971-08-29Maui, 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.
Known for
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · as Candis Cayne
Disclosure
2020 · as Self - Actress
Starrbooty
2007 · as Annaka Manners
Witchy Ways
2025 · as Penny
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009 · as Self
Meth Head
2013 · as Pinkie
Stonewall
1995 · as Diva 1
Making the Boys
2011 · as Self
Mob Queen
1998 · as Glorice Kalsheim
Groom's Cake
2012 · as Candis
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · as Self
Crazy Bitches
2014 · as Vivianna
Her Curve
2023
Dragtime
1997 · as Self
I Hate New Year's
2020 · as Zelena / Marley
Wigstock: The Movie
1995 · as Self
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
Always Something Better
1997 · as Billee