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.

Grey's Anatomy · S14, E16

Caught Somewhere in Time

Maggie and Jackson are enjoying spending time together, but he must turn his concentration toward the groundbreaking vaginoplasty surgery he has scheduled with Catherine and Richard. Meanwhile, Meredith and Jo hit a roadblock with their contest submission, so Jo helps Bailey with an incoming trauma patient who used to be an astronaut.
RuPaul's Drag Race · S9, E6

Snatch Game

The queens impersonate celebrities in a TV game show; guest judges Candis Cayne and Denis O'Hare.
CSI: NY · S3, E14

The Lying Game

Can knowing a secret be a motive for murder? The CSI team must figure out if a change in gender is cause for the death of a showgirl. Also Lindsay goes back to Montana to try to put the person who committed the murder of four friends behind bars.
Transparent · S4, E5

Born Again

Maura revisits the night that Ali was born; Davina recalls memories of her youth and comes to terms with her troubled relationship with Sal; Davina and Maura each make a deal with God.

Candis Cayne

Guest Appearances