Candis Cayne
Date of birth: 1971-08-29
Place of birth: Maui, Hawaii, USA
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
Her Curve
2023-07-21
An artist finds more than just skills and technique in her figure drawing class.
Meth Head
2013-03-07
Gay Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead
Stonewall
1995-12-26
A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening b
How Not to Be a Junkie
2022-07-16
22-year-old Lex thinks she has mastered the art of shooting up and getting just high enough not to w
Libanesa Loira
2008-10-03
Elisa imitates her friend's feelings and moods. She is not aware of her behaviour but her aunt that
Witchy Ways
2024-09-13
Eve quits the rat race and heads to a cabin to rediscover herself. She promptly falls for her dynami
Crazy Bitches
2014-06-26
7 girls and 1 fab gay guy plan a getaway to a remote ranch for a week of gossip and grub. They start
Groom's Cake
2012-05-05
Dragtime
1997-10-11
A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of som
Wigstock: The Movie
1995-06-09
The three-decade-old annual Manhattan gathering of drag queens and their fans is portrayed in this c
Making the Boys
2011-03-11
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall up
Mob Queen
1998-01-27
In 1957 Brooklyn, small-time mobster George and his sidekick Dip realize they've forgotten the birth
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018-03-01
Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.
Starrbooty
2007-06-02
When Agent Starrbooty's adopted niece is kidnapped, she and Agent Page Turner go undercover as prost
The Little House That Could
2013-06-28
A group of young lost rebellious outsiders are given a home in New York City by Emmy Award-winning f
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995-09-08
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securi
I Hate New Year's
2020-12-04
Rising music star Layne heads home to Nashville for New Year's Eve to break her writer's block, but
Disclosure
2020-06-19
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t
Candis for President
2018-11-05
In a world where anything is possible, as evidenced by our current (Reality TV) president, Transgend
Always Something Better
1997-10-23
Jill flees New Smyrna, Florida, and boyfriend Keith, in hopes of a new life as a Miami fashion model