Candis Cayne

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1971-08-29 (53 years old)

Place of Birth Maui, Hawaii, USA

Also Known As Brendan McDanniel , Brendan McDaniel

Candis Cayne

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.

Known For

Actor

Witchy Ways

as Penny

2020
I Hate New Year's

as Zelena / Marley

2020
Disclosure

as Self - Actress

2015
The Magicians

as Fairy Queen

2015
I Am Cait

as Self

2014
Crazy Bitches

as Vivianna

2014
Transparent

as Jolene

2013
Meth Head

as Pinkie

2012
Groom's Cake

as Candis

2012
Elementary

as Ms. Hudson

2012
She's Living for This

as Candis Cayne / Various Characters

2011
2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Allison Webb

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Choreographer

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2008
Libanesa Loira

as Libanesa

2007
Starrbooty

as Annaka Manners

2007
Dirty Sexy Money

as Carmelita

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Michelle Velez

2004
CSI: NY

as Quentin Conrad

1998
Mob Queen

as Glorice Kalsheim

1997
Dragtime

as Self

1995
Stonewall

as Diva 1

Crew

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Choreographer

1995
Stonewall

as Choreographer

Producer

2018
Candis for President

as Executive Producer