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Candis Cayne

Actor, Director, Writer, ProducerBorn August 29, 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Nip/Tuck
  • Sordid Lives: The Series
  • Mob Queen
  • Crazy Bitches

Known For

  • Crazy Bitches
  • I Hate New Year's
  • Meth Head
  • Mob Queen
  • Witchy Ways
  • Candis Cayne's Secret Garden
  • Never Look Back
  • Candis for President

Candis Cayne Filmography

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

2023
Candis Cayne's Secret Garden (TV Series) · as Self
2021
The Sherry Vine Variety Show (TV Series) · as Candis Cayne
2020
Disclosure · as Self - Actress
2020
Visible: Out on Television (TV Series) · as Self
2018
2017
Detox's Life Rehab (TV Series) · as Self
2016
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2015
I Am Cait (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Hey Qween! (TV Series) · as Self
2013
The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Co-Hostess
2013
2011
Making the Boys · as Self
2010
Access Hollyood Live (TV Series) · as Self
2010
RuPaul's Drag U (TV Series) · as Self - Faculty
2009
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Bartender
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Choreographer
2008
2008 American Music Awards · as Self - Audience
2008
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (TV Series) · as Self
2008
New Now Next Awards · as Self - Host
2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (TV Series) · as Self
2007
What Perez Sez (TV Series) · as Self (2007)
2007
Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld (TV Series) · as Self
2005
The House of Venus Show (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Insider (TV Series) · as Self
1997
Dragtime · as Self
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1995
1995
1988
Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self

2018
Candis for President · as Executive Producer

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