Candis Cayne
Acting
Born August 29, 1971 · Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also known as Brendan McDanniel · Brendan McDaniel
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.
Filmography23 titles
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
Grey's Anatomy
Disclosure
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Drop Dead Diva
The Magicians
Elementary
RuPaul's Drag Race
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
CSI: NY
Nip/Tuck
Witchy Ways
I Hate New Year's
Transparent
Visible: Out on Television
Dirty Sexy Money
Stonewall
I Am Cait
Meth Head
Mob Queen
The Little House That Could
She's Living for This