Candis Cayne
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
Notable Roles
Her Curve
Meth Head
Stonewall
How Not to Be a Junkie
Libanesa Loira
Witchy Ways
Crazy Bitches
Groom's Cake
Dragtime
Wigstock: The Movie
Making the Boys
Mob Queen
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Starrbooty
The Little House That Could
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
I Hate New Year's