Candis Cayne
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Elementary
2012
Nip/Tuck
2003
CSI: NY
2004
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Magicians
2015
Transparent
2014
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
Visible: Out on Television
2020
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
The House of Venus Show
2005
I Am Cait
2015
Disclosure
2020
Dragtime
1997
Her Curve
2023
Starrbooty
2007
Witchy Ways
2025
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
2009
She's Living for This
2012