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Candis Cayne
AKA: Brendan McDanniel · Brendan McDaniel
Acting
Born: 1971
Maui, Hawaii, USA
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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.
Known For
Visible: Out on Television
Self
2020 · US
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
Self - Guest
2016 · US
The Magicians
Fairy Queen
2015 · US
I Am Cait
Self
2015 · US
Transparent
Jolene
2014 · US
Elementary
Ms. Hudson
2012 · US
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007 · US
Dirty Sexy Money
Carmelita
2007 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Visible: Out on Television | 2020 | Self |
| Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry | 2016 | Self - Guest |
| The Magicians | 2015 | Fairy Queen |
| I Am Cait | 2015 | Self |
| Transparent | 2014 | Jolene |
| Elementary | 2012 | Ms. Hudson |
| Keeping Up with the Kardashians | 2007 | Self |
| Dirty Sexy Money | 2007 | Carmelita |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2005 | Michelle Velez |
| CSI: NY | 2004 | Quentin Conrad |
| Nip/Tuck | 2003 | Alexis Stone |