Actor
Candis Cayne
Born August 29, 1971 in Maui, Hawaii, USA14 films
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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First watchTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar19957.5as Candis CayneManhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles.View filmFilmography
14 films as actor- 2025Witchy WaysPenny
- 2023Her Curve
- 2022How Not to Be a Junkie
- 2020I Hate New Year'sZelena / Marley
- 2018Candis for President
- 2014Crazy BitchesVivianna
- 2013Meth HeadPinkie
- 2012Groom's CakeCandis
- 2008Libanesa LoiraLibanesa
- 2007StarrbootyAnnaka Manners
- 1998Mob QueenGlorice Kalsheim
- 1997Always Something BetterBillee
- 1995StonewallDiva 1
- 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarCandis Cayne