Acting
Candis Cayne
Also Known As: Brendan McDanniel , Brendan McDaniel
Birth Date
August 29, 1971
(54 years old)
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Popularity
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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.
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Grey's Anatomy
Michelle Velez
2005 • 2 episodes
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Nip/Tuck
Alexis Stone
2003 • 2 episodes
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Elementary
Ms. Hudson
2012 • 3 episodes
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RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Choreographer
2009 • 3 episodes
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CSI: NY
Quentin Conrad
2004 • 1 episode
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007 • 2 episodes
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The Magicians
Fairy Queen
2015 • 9 episodes
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Drop Dead Diva
Allison Webb
2009 • 1 episode
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Transparent
Jolene
2014 • 1 episode
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Dirty Sexy Money
Carmelita
2007 • 11 episodes
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Movie
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Candis Cayne
1995
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TV Show
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
Self - Guest
2016 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Visible: Out on Television
Self
2020 • 5 episodes
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TV Show
I Am Cait
Self
2015 • 15 episodes
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Movie
Disclosure
Self - Actress
2020
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Movie
Starrbooty
Annaka Manners
2007
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Dragtime
Self
1997
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TV Show
The House of Venus Show
Self
2005 • 2 episodes
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Movie
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema
Self
2009
TV Show
She's Living for This
Candis Cayne / Various Characters
2012 • 1 episode