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Candis Cayne (born August 29, 1971) 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.
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Filmography
all 36
Movies 23
self 18
TV Shows 13
Producer 1
Instructor
Her Curve (2023)
Movie
How Not to Be a Junkie (2022)
Movie
Zelena / Marley
I Hate New Year's (2020)
Movie
Self - Actress
Disclosure (2020)
Movie
Self
Visible: Out On Television (2020)
TV
7.6
Executive Producer
Candis for President (2018)
Movie
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)
Movie
Self - Guest
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry (2016)
TV
Fairy Queen
The Magicians (2015)
TV
6.11
Self - Guest
The Comment Section (2015)
TV
Self
I Am Cait (2015)
TV
7
Jolene
Transparent (2014)
TV
6
Vivianna
Crazy Bitches (2014)
Movie
Self
The Little House That Could (2013)
Movie
Pinkie
Meth Head (2013)
Movie
Ms. Hudson
Elementary (2012)
TV
6.71
Candis
Groom's Cake (2012)
Movie
Candis Cayne / Various Characters
She's Living for This (2012)
TV
Herself
Making the Boys (2011)
Movie
Self
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009)
Movie
Allison Webb
Drop Dead Diva (2009)
TV
6.3
Self - Choreographer / Self - Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
TV
6.63
Libanesa
Libanesa Loira (2008)
Movie
Self
Out in Manhattan (2008)
Movie
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007)
TV
7
Annaka Manners
Starrbooty (2007)
Movie
Self
The House of Venus Show (2005)
TV
Quentin Conrad
CSI: NY (2004)
TV
7.14
Glorice Kalsheim
Mob Queen (1998)
Movie
Billee
Always Something Better (1997)
Movie
Candis Cayne
Dragtime (1997)
Movie
Diva
Stonewall (1995)
Movie
Candis Cayne
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
Movie
9
Self
Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
Movie
6
Self
Venus Envy: The House of Venus Story
Movie
Penny
Witchy Ways
Movie
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1971-08-29 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceMaui, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesCalifornia · Los Angeles · Maui, United States of America
Also Known AsBrendan McDanniel , Brendan McDaniel
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