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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.
Top Filmography
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005 // TV
7.6
Elementary
2012 // TV
7.6
The Magicians
2015 // TV
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 // TV
7.4
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 // MOVIE
7.3
CSI: NY
2004 // TV
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003 // TV
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009 // TV
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 // TV
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 // TV
6.3
Transparent
2014 // TV
7.8
Disclosure
2020 // MOVIE
6.3
Dirty Sexy Money
2007 // TV
4.9
I Am Cait
2015 // TV
5.7
Stonewall
1995 // MOVIE