Candis Cayne
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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
Credits
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
as Candis Cayne
Disclosure (2020)
as Self - Actress
Dragtime (1997)
as Self
Starrbooty (2007)
as Annaka Manners
Witchy Ways (2025)
as Penny
Always Something Better (1997)
as Billee
Meth Head (2013)
as Pinkie
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009)
as Self
Making the Boys (2011)
as Self
Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
as Self
Mob Queen (1998)
as Glorice Kalsheim
Stonewall (1995)
as Diva 1
Libanesa Loira (2008)
as Libanesa
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)
as Self
Groom's Cake (2012)
as Candis
I Hate New Year's (2020)
as Zelena / Marley
Her Curve (2023)
Actor
Crazy Bitches (2014)
as Vivianna
How Not to Be a Junkie (2022)
Actor
The Little House That Could (2013)
as Self
Candis for President (2018)
Actor