Actor

Candis Cayne

August 29, 1971 · Maui, Hawaii, USA

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.

Notable work

8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Michelle Velez
7.6
Elementary (2012)
as Ms. Hudson
7.6
The Magicians (2015)
as Fairy Queen
7.5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
as Candis Cayne
7.3
CSI: NY (2004)
as Quentin Conrad
7.2
Nip/Tuck (2003)
as Alexis Stone

Often works with

Lucy Liu
2 titles together
Elementary, Dirty Sexy Money
Sherry Vine
2 titles together
Stonewall, She's Living for This
Cathy DeBuono
2 titles together
Crazy Bitches, Meth Head
Guinevere Turner
2 titles together
Crazy Bitches, Witchy Ways
Victoria Profeta
2 titles together
Crazy Bitches, Meth Head
Blake Berris
2 titles together
Crazy Bitches, Meth Head

Full filmography · 21

Witchy Ways
as Penny
2025
Her Curve
cast
2023
How Not to Be a Junkie
cast
2022
I Hate New Year's
as Zelena / Marley
20206.6
Candis for President
cast
2018
Crazy Bitches
as Vivianna
20143.6
Meth Head
as Pinkie
2013
Groom's Cake
as Candis
2012
Libanesa Loira
as Libanesa
2008
Always Something Better
as Billee
1997
Stonewall
as Diva 1
19955.8
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
19957.5