Candis Cayne

Acting

Candis Cayne

Born August 29, 1971Maui, Hawaii, USA35 credits

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.

Known For

Witchy Ways
7.6

Witchy Ways

Movie

2025

Her Curve

Her Curve

Movie

2023

How Not to Be a Junkie

How Not to Be a Junkie

Movie

2022

I Hate New Year's
6.7

I Hate New Year's

Movie

2020

Disclosure
7.8

Disclosure

Movie

2020

Visible: Out on Television
6.9

Visible: Out on Television

TV

2020

Filmography

Witchy Ways
2025Witchy Waysas PennyMovie
Her Curve
2023Her CurveMovie
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022How Not to Be a JunkieMovie
I Hate New Year's
2020I Hate New Year'sas Zelena / MarleyMovie
Disclosure
2020Disclosureas Self - ActressMovie
Visible: Out on Television
2020Visible: Out on Televisionas SelfTV
Candis for President
2018Candis for PresidentMovie
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedomas SelfMovie
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henryas Self - GuestTV
The Magicians
2015The Magiciansas Fairy QueenTV
I Am Cait
2015I Am Caitas SelfTV
Transparent
2014Transparentas JoleneTV
Crazy Bitches
2014Crazy Bitchesas ViviannaMovie
The Little House That Could
2013The Little House That Couldas SelfMovie
Meth Head
2013Meth Headas PinkieMovie
Elementary
2012Elementaryas Ms. HudsonTV
Groom's Cake
2012Groom's Cakeas CandisMovie
She's Living for This
2012She's Living for Thisas Candis Cayne / Various CharactersTV
Making the Boys
2011Making the Boysas SelfMovie
Drop Dead Diva
2009Drop Dead Divaas Allison WebbTV
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009RuPaul's Drag Raceas Self - ChoreographerTV
Libanesa Loira
2008Libanesa Loiraas LibanesaMovie
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007Keeping Up with the Kardashiansas SelfTV
Dirty Sexy Money
2007Dirty Sexy Moneyas CarmelitaTV
Starrbooty
2007Starrbootyas Annaka MannersMovie
The House of Venus Show
2005The House of Venus Showas SelfTV
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomyas Michelle VelezTV
CSI: NY
2004CSI: NYas Quentin ConradTV
Nip/Tuck
2003Nip/Tuckas Alexis StoneTV
Mob Queen
1998Mob Queenas Glorice KalsheimMovie
Always Something Better
1997Always Something Betteras BilleeMovie
Dragtime
1997Dragtimeas SelfMovie
Stonewall
1995Stonewallas Diva 1Movie
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmaras Candis CayneMovie
Wigstock: The Movie
1995Wigstock: The Movieas SelfMovie