Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 29, 1971 (54 years old)
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
Acting
6.7
I Hate New Year's
2020
7.8
Disclosure
2020
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
2020
7.6
The Magicians
2015
4.9
I Am Cait
2015
6.3
Transparent
2014
3.6
Crazy Bitches
2014
4.3
Meth Head
2013
7.6
Elementary
2012
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.4
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
6.2
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.3
CSI: NY
2004
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
5.7
Stonewall
1995
7.4
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
5.5
Wigstock: The Movie
1995
