Candis Cayne
Known for Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Maui, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as
- Brendan McDanniel , Brendan McDaniel
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.
Latest
Witchy WaysPenny2025Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Her Curve2023
How Not to Be a Junkie2022
I Hate New Year'sZelena / Marley2020Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Candis for President2018
The MagiciansFairy Queen2015SeriesRating: 7.6 out of 10
TransparentJolene2014SeriesRating: 6.4 out of 10
Crazy BitchesVivianna2014Rating: 3.6 out of 10
Meth HeadPinkie2013Rating: 4.1 out of 10
ElementaryMs. Hudson2012SeriesRating: 7.6 out of 10
Groom's CakeCandis2012
She's Living for ThisCandis Cayne / Various Characters2012Series
Drop Dead DivaAllison Webb2009SeriesRating: 7.7 out of 10
Libanesa LoiraLibanesa2008
Dirty Sexy MoneyCarmelita2007SeriesRating: 6.2 out of 10
StarrbootyAnnaka Manners2007Rating: 3.5 out of 10
Grey's AnatomyMichelle Velez2005SeriesRating: 8.2 out of 10
CSI: NYQuentin Conrad2004SeriesRating: 7.3 out of 10
Nip/TuckAlexis Stone2003SeriesRating: 7.2 out of 10
Mob QueenGlorice Kalsheim1998Rating: 3.2 out of 10
Known for
- Grey's AnatomyMichelle Velez2005SeriesRating: 8.2 out of 10
- The MagiciansFairy Queen2015SeriesRating: 7.6 out of 10
- ElementaryMs. Hudson2012SeriesRating: 7.6 out of 10
- Nip/TuckAlexis Stone2003SeriesRating: 7.2 out of 10
- CSI: NYQuentin Conrad2004SeriesRating: 7.3 out of 10
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie NewmarCandis Cayne1995Rating: 7.5 out of 10- Drop Dead DivaAllison Webb2009SeriesRating: 7.7 out of 10
- Dirty Sexy MoneyCarmelita2007SeriesRating: 6.2 out of 10
- TransparentJolene2014SeriesRating: 6.4 out of 10
- I Hate New Year'sZelena / Marley2020Rating: 6.6 out of 10
- Crazy BitchesVivianna2014Rating: 3.6 out of 10
StonewallDiva 11995Rating: 5.8 out of 10
Filmography
36 titles
