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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-08-29 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Maui, Hawaii, USA

Candis Cayne

Biography:

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

Acting

2023

2022

2020

I Hate New Year's as Zelena / Marley
Disclosure as Self - Actress

2018

2016

2015

The Magicians as Fairy Queen
I Am Cait as Self

2014

Crazy Bitches as Vivianna
Transparent as Jolene

2013

Meth Head as Pinkie

2012

Groom's Cake as Candis
Elementary as Ms. Hudson
She's Living for This as Candis Cayne / Various Characters

2011

2009

Drop Dead Diva as Allison Webb
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Choreographer
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2008

Libanesa Loira as Libanesa

2007

Starrbooty as Annaka Manners
Dirty Sexy Money as Carmelita

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Michelle Velez

2004

CSI: NY as Quentin Conrad

1998

Mob Queen as Glorice Kalsheim

1997

Dragtime as Self

1995

Stonewall as Diva 1

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Witchy Ways as Penny

Crew

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race as Choreographer

1995

Stonewall as Choreographer

Production

2018

Candis for President as Executive Producer