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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1971
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also Known As
- Brendan McDanniel
- Brendan McDaniel
Candis Cayne
0.5 Popularity
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
7.0
Penny
Witchy Ways
2024
0.0
Her Curve
2023
0.0
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
6.7
Zelena / Marley
I Hate New Year's
2020
7.8
Self - Actress
Disclosure
2020
6.8
Self
Visible: Out on Television
2020
0.0
Candis for President
2018
7.7
Self
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
8.4
Self - Guest
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
7.6
Fairy Queen
The Magicians
2015
Credits
Witchy Ways
as Penny
2024
7.0
Her Curve
2023
0.0
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022
0.0
I Hate New Year's
as Zelena / Marley
2020
6.7
Disclosure
as Self - Actress
2020
7.8
Visible: Out on Television
as Self
2020
6.8
Candis for President
2018
0.0
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
2018
7.7
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
2016
8.4
The Magicians
as Fairy Queen
2015
7.6
I Am Cait
as Self
2015
4.9
Transparent
as Jolene
2014
6.3
Crazy Bitches
as Vivianna
2014
3.6
The Little House That Could
as Self
2013
0.0
Meth Head
as Pinkie
2013
4.3
Elementary
as Ms. Hudson
2012
7.6
Groom's Cake
as Candis
2012
0.0
She's Living for This
as Candis Cayne / Various Characters
2012
0.0
Making the Boys
as Self
2011
4.7
Drop Dead Diva
as Allison Webb
2009
7.7
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Choreographer
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
Libanesa Loira
as Libanesa
2008
0.0
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
7.4
Dirty Sexy Money
as Carmelita
2007
6.2
Starrbooty
as Annaka Manners
2007
3.5
The House of Venus Show
as Self
2005
1.7
Grey's Anatomy
as Michelle Velez
2005
8.2
CSI: NY
as Quentin Conrad
2004
7.4
Nip/Tuck
as Alexis Stone
2003
7.2
Mob Queen
as Glorice Kalsheim
1998
1.8
Always Something Better
as Billee
1997
2.3
Dragtime
as Self
1997
0.0
Stonewall
as Diva 1
1995
5.7
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
1995
7.4
Wigstock: The Movie
as Self
1995
5.5