Acting

Candis Cayne

Born 1971-08-29 · Maui, 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.

Credits

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Witchy Ways
as Penny
2025
Her Curve
2023
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
I Hate New Year's
as Zelena / Marley
2020
Disclosure
as Self - Actress
2020
Visible: Out on Television
as Self
2020
Candis for President
2018
Candis for President
Executive Producer
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
2018
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
2016
The Magicians
as Fairy Queen
2015
I Am Cait
as Self
2015
Transparent
as Jolene
2014
Crazy Bitches
as Vivianna
2014
The Little House That Could
as Self
2013
Meth Head
as Pinkie
2013
Elementary
as Ms. Hudson
2012
Groom's Cake
as Candis
2012
She's Living for This
as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
2012
Making the Boys
as Self
2011
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
as Self
2009
Drop Dead Diva
as Allison Webb
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Choreographer
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
Libanesa Loira
as Libanesa
2008
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
Dirty Sexy Money
as Carmelita
2007
Starrbooty
as Annaka Manners
2007
The House of Venus Show
as Self
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Michelle Velez
2005
CSI: NY
as Quentin Conrad
2004
Nip/Tuck
as Alexis Stone
2003
Mob Queen
as Glorice Kalsheim
1998
Always Something Better
as Billee
1997
Dragtime
as Self
1997
Stonewall
as Diva 1
1995
Stonewall
Choreographer
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
1995
Wigstock: The Movie
as Self
1995