Candis Cayne

Birthday: 1971-08-29
Birthplace: Maui, Hawaii, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2025-10-01 Witchy Ways Penny
2023-07-21 Her Curve
2022-07-16 How Not to Be a Junkie
2020-12-04 I Hate New Year's Zelena / Marley
2018-11-05 Candis for President
2014-06-26 Crazy Bitches Vivianna
2013-03-07 Meth Head Pinkie
2012-05-05 Groom's Cake Candis
2008-10-03 Libanesa Loira Libanesa
2007-06-02 Starrbooty Annaka Manners
1998-01-27 Mob Queen Glorice Kalsheim
1997-10-23 Always Something Better Billee
1995-12-26 Stonewall Diva 1
1995-09-08 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Candis Cayne