1995Winner
Best Performance
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Candis Cayne
Actor · Producer
Maui, Hawaii, USA
August 29, 1971
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.
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2020Winner
Best Performance
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1997Nominee
Best Performance
Dragtime
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Witchy Ways
2018Highlight
Best Performance
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
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Dragtime