Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1971 (age 55)
Place of Birth
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Also Known As
- Brendan McDanniel
- Brendan McDaniel
Candis Cayne
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 - Movies
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Candis Cayne
Disclosure
as Self - Actress
Witchy Ways
as Penny
Stonewall
as Diva 1
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
as Self
Wigstock: The Movie
as Self
Starrbooty
as Annaka Manners
Mob Queen
as Glorice Kalsheim
Meth Head
as Pinkie
Making the Boys
as Self
Known For - TV Shows
Grey's Anatomy
as Michelle Velez
Elementary
as Ms. Hudson
CSI: NY
as Quentin Conrad
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Choreographer
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
Nip/Tuck
as Alexis Stone
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
The Magicians
as Fairy Queen
Drop Dead Diva
as Allison Webb
Transparent
as Jolene