Candis Cayne

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 36
Gender: Female
Born: August 29, 1971
Place of birth: Maui, Hawaii, USA
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.