Actor profile

Candis Cayne

29th August 1971 Maui, Hawaii, USA Acting

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.

21 Movies 16 TV Shows 37 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Witchy Ways poster

Witchy Ways 1st October 2025 as Penny

Her Curve poster

Her Curve 21st July 2023

How Not to Be a Junkie poster

How Not to Be a Junkie 16th July 2022

I Hate New Year's poster

I Hate New Year's 4th December 2020 as Zelena / Marley

Disclosure poster

Disclosure 19th June 2020 as Self - Actress

Candis for President poster

Candis for President 5th November 2018

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom poster

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom 1st March 2018 as Self

Crazy Bitches poster

Crazy Bitches 26th June 2014 as Vivianna

The Little House That Could poster

The Little House That Could 28th June 2013 as Self

Meth Head poster

Meth Head 7th March 2013 as Pinkie

Groom's Cake poster

Groom's Cake 5th May 2012 as Candis

Making the Boys poster

Making the Boys 11th March 2011 as Self

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema poster

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema 11th November 2009 as Self

Libanesa Loira poster

Libanesa Loira 3rd October 2008 as Libanesa

Starrbooty poster

Starrbooty 2nd June 2007 as Annaka Manners

Mob Queen poster

Mob Queen 27th January 1998 as Glorice Kalsheim

Always Something Better poster

Always Something Better 23rd October 1997 as Billee

Dragtime poster

Dragtime 11th October 1997 as Self

Stonewall poster

Stonewall 26th December 1995 as Diva 1

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar poster

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 8th September 1995 as Candis Cayne

Wigstock: The Movie poster

Wigstock: The Movie 9th June 1995 as Self

Visible: Out on Television poster

Visible: Out on Television 14th February 2020 as Self

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry poster

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry 24th January 2016 as Self - Guest

The Magicians poster

The Magicians 16th December 2015 as Fairy Queen

I Am Cait poster

I Am Cait 26th July 2015 as Self

Transparent poster

Transparent 26th September 2014 as Jolene

Elementary poster

Elementary 27th September 2012 as Ms. Hudson

She's Living for This poster

She's Living for This 24th February 2012 as Candis Cayne / Various Characters

Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva 12th July 2009 as Allison Webb

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Choreographer

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Guest Judge

Keeping Up with the Kardashians poster

Keeping Up with the Kardashians 14th October 2007 as Self

Dirty Sexy Money poster

Dirty Sexy Money 26th September 2007 as Carmelita

The House of Venus Show poster

The House of Venus Show 5th July 2005 as Self

Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy 27th March 2005 as Michelle Velez

CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY 22nd September 2004 as Quentin Conrad

Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck 22nd July 2003 as Alexis Stone