Candis Cayne
Acteur, Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer
29 augustus 1971 (54 years)
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
| 2024 | Witchy Ways · as Penny |
| 2020 | I Hate New Year's · as Zelena / Marley |
| 2019 | Crazy Bitches · as ViviannaOp Plex |
| 2018 | |
| 2016 | Heartbeat (2016) · as Ava |
| 2015 | The Magicians (2015) · as Fairy Queen |
| 2014 | Crazy Bitches · as Vivianna |
| 2014 | Transparent · as Jolene |
| 2013 | Meth Head · as Pinkie |
| 2012 | Elementary · as Ms. Hudson |
| 2012 | She's Living for this · as Candis Cayne / Various Characters |
| 2011 | Necessary Roughness · as Geraldine |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva · as Allison Webb |
| 2008 | Sordid Lives: The Series · as Therapist #19Op Plex |
| 2007 | Dirty Sexy Money · as Carmelita |
| 2007 | Starrbooty · as Annaka Manners |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy · as Michelle Velez |
| 2004 | CSI: NY · as Quentin Conrad |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck · as Alexis StoneOp Plex |
| 1998 | Mob Queen · as Glorice KalsheimOp Plex |
| 1997 | Never Look Back · as Billee |
| 1995 | Stonewall · as Diva 1 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover · as Tamaray |
| 2018 | Candis for President · as Executive Producer |