Candis Cayne

Actress

Born: August 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.

Filmography (19)

• Witchy Ways (2025, ★ 7.6)
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995, ★ 7.4)
• Disclosure (2020, ★ 7.8)
• CSI: NY (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Drop Dead Diva (2009, ★ 7.7)
• Elementary (2012, ★ 7.6)
• The Magicians (2015, ★ 7.6)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005, ★ 8.2)
• I Hate New Year's (2020, ★ 6.7)
• Visible: Out on Television (2020, ★ 6.9)
• Nip/Tuck (2003, ★ 7.2)
• Stonewall (1995, ★ 5.7)
• Wigstock: The Movie (1995, ★ 5.5)
• Dirty Sexy Money (2007, ★ 6.3)
• Transparent (2014, ★ 6.4)
• Meth Head (2013, ★ 4.3)
• Making the Boys (2011, ★ 4.7)
• Crazy Bitches (2014, ★ 3.6)
• Starrbooty (2007, ★ 3.5)