Acting credits
35
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Candis Cayne
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 20Series: 15Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 1231526
IMDb ID: nm0147307
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1971
Age: 54
Place of birth: Maui, Hawaii, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1995 - 2025
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 7.04
Wikidata: Q2639039
Also known as
Brendan McDanniel • Brendan McDaniel
Other jobs
Choreographer (1)Executive Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Candis Cayne.
7.0
Witchy Ways
as Penny
2025 Movie
Her Curve
2023 Movie
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022 Movie
6.7
I Hate New Year's
as Zelena / Marley
2020 Movie
7.8
Disclosure
as Self - Actress
2020 Movie
Candis for President
2018 Movie
7.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
2018 Movie
3.6
Crazy Bitches
as Vivianna
2014 Movie
The Little House That Could
as Self
2013 Movie
4.3
Meth Head
as Pinkie
2013 Movie
Groom's Cake
as Candis
2012 Movie
4.7
Making the Boys
as Self
2011 Movie
Libanesa Loira
as Libanesa
2008 Movie
3.5
Starrbooty
as Annaka Manners
2007 Movie
1.8
Mob Queen
as Glorice Kalsheim
1998 Movie
2.3
Always Something Better
as Billee
1997 Movie
Dragtime
as Self
1997 Movie
5.7
Stonewall
as Diva 1
1995 Movie
7.4
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
1995 Movie
5.5
Wigstock: The Movie
as Self
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Candis Cayne.
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
as Self • 5 eps
2020 Series
8.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.6
The Magicians
as Fairy Queen • 9 eps
2015 Series
4.9
I Am Cait
as Self • 15 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Transparent
as Jolene • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Ms. Hudson • 3 eps
2012 Series
She's Living for This
as Candis Cayne / Various Characters • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
as Allison Webb • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Choreographer • 3 eps
2009 Series
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
6.3
Dirty Sexy Money
as Carmelita • 11 eps
2007 Series
1.7
The House of Venus Show
as Self • 2 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Michelle Velez • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.3
CSI: NY
as Quentin Conrad • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Alexis Stone • 2 eps
2003 Series