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

Grey's Anatomy

as Michelle Velez

Elementary

as Ms. Hudson

The Magicians

as Fairy Queen

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

as Self

CSI: NY

as Quentin Conrad

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

as Candis Cayne

Drop Dead Diva

as Allison Webb

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Choreographer

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

Transparent

as Jolene