- Born
- August 29, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Maui, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as
- Brendan McDanniel, Brendan McDaniel
- Titles
- 14 titles
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.
