Candis Cayne
Acting
36 credits
Born
Aug 29, 1971 (54 years old)
Place of birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
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.
Movies (20)
Movie
7.4
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Movie
3.5
Starrbooty
2007
Movie
7.8
Disclosure
2020
Movie
Groom's Cake
2012
Movie
7.0
Witchy Ways
2025
Movie
Her Curve
2023
Movie
1.8
Mob Queen
1998
Movie
5.7
Stonewall
1995
Movie
Dragtime
1997
Movie
4.3
Meth Head
2013
Movie
3.6
Crazy Bitches
2014
Movie
5.5
Wigstock: The Movie
1995
Movie
4.7
Making the Boys
2011
Movie
7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Movie
The Little House That Could
2013
Movie
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
Movie
6.7
I Hate New Year's
2020
Movie
2.3
Always Something Better
1997
Shows (16)
Show
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Show
7.6
Elementary
2012
Show
7.3
CSI: NY
2004
Show
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Show
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Show
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
Show
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
Show
7.6
The Magicians
2015
Show
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Show
6.3
Transparent
2014
Show
6.3
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Show
8.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
Show
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
2020
Show
4.9
I Am Cait
2015
Show
1.7
The House of Venus Show
2005
Show
She's Living for This
2012
