Actor info
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Name :
Candis Cayne
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Born :
August 29, 1971 in Maui, Hawaii, USA (55 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
21 films (1995–2025)
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Also known as :
Brendan McDanniel, Brendan McDaniel
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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.
Notable films
- Disclosure (2020) as Self - Actress
- Groom's Cake (2012) as Candis
- Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009) as Self
- Starrbooty (2007) as Annaka Manners
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) as Candis Cayne
