Candis Cayne
Birthday
1971/08/29 (54 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also know 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.
Acting
(2023) Her Curve
as ---
(2013) Meth Head
as Pinkie
(1995) Stonewall
as Diva 1
(2022) How Not to Be a Junkie
as ---
(2008) Libanesa Loira
as Libanesa
Witchy Ways
as Penny
(2014) Crazy Bitches
as Vivianna
(2012) Groom's Cake
as Candis
(1997) Dragtime
as Self
(1995) Wigstock: The Movie
as Self
(2011) Making the Boys
as Self
(1998) Mob Queen
as Glorice Kalsheim
(2018) The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
(2007) Starrbooty
as Annaka Manners
(2013) The Little House That Could
as Self
(1995) To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
(2020) I Hate New Year's
as Zelena / Marley
(2020) Disclosure
as Self - Actress
(2018) Candis for President
as ---
(1997) Always Something Better
as Billee
(2004) CSI: NY
as Quentin Conrad
(2009) Drop Dead Diva
as Allison Webb
(2012) Elementary
as Ms. Hudson
(2005) The House of Venus Show
as Self
(2012) She's Living for This
as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Choreographer
(2015) The Magicians
as Fairy Queen
(2016) Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
(2009) RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Michelle Velez
(2015) I Am Cait
as Self
(2007) Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
(2020) Visible: Out on Television
as Self
(2007) Dirty Sexy Money
as Carmelita
(2003) Nip/Tuck
as Alexis Stone
(2014) Transparent
as Jolene