Candis Cayne Biography
Candis Cayne is a performance artist and actress from the United States who has been performing in New York City nightclubs in drag since the 1990s and came out as transgender in 1996. Cayne rose to national prominence in 2007 as transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC’s prime-time drama Dirty Sexy Money.
How old is Candis Cayne? – Age
She is 52 years old as of 29 August 2023. She was born in 1971 in Maui, Hawaii, United States.
Candis Cayne Family – Education
Dylan is Cayne’s fraternal twin brother. Their parents were Waldorf School teachers, and the family lived on campus. She graduated from Hawaii’s Henry Perrine Baldwin High School in 1989 and then spent a year in Los Angeles training as a dancer.
Candis Cayne Partner
Cayne started transitioning in 1996. She refers to the LGBT community as “the last great minority” and supports the LGBT+ rights organization GLAAD. Candis Cayne joined the global LGBT social network MOOVZ as the new global creative director in August 2015. Cayne was in a relationship with DJ Marco McDermott, whom she referred to as her husband, for over eight years, ending in 2010. During that time, she assisted in raising McDermott’s previous relationship’s daughter, Satori. Cayne investigated the possibility of adopting as a single mother during season 2 of the reality show I Am Cait in 2016.
Candis Cayne Grey’s Anatomy
She portrayed Michelle Velez on Grey’s Anatomy in season fourteen. Michelle Velez is a plastic surgeon who pioneered the use of the peritoneum in vaginoplasties. Michelle arrived at the hospital to present an idea to Jackson and Catherine. She intended to perform vaginoplasties using the peritoneum. She asked them to participate because she wanted to be the first patient to receive the surgery. After some convincing, Jackson agreed to participate, and they submitted a proposal that was accepted for the next round.
Candis Cayne Career
Cayne then relocated to New York in the early 1990s, where she established herself as a choreographer and drag performer. Cayne realized three years after moving to New York that the term transgender described how she felt about herself. The artist, who was already playing as “Candis Cayne” at the New York gay club Boy club and as a featured performer at Tour in New York’s Chelsea, also took part in Wigstock, the annual drag festival in Manhattan’s East Village. Cayne participated in the documentary film Wigstock: The Movie in 1995, as well as the comedy-drama film Stonewall and the Universal Studios comedy feature picture To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, for whom she also created the choreography.
On the ABC prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money from 2007 to 2008, Cayne portrayed Carmelita Rainer, a trans woman having an affair with married New York Attorney General Patrick Darling (played by William Baldwin). In season six of Nip/Tuck, she played the transsexual character Alexis Stone. Cayne has been on RuPaul’s Drag U as a judge and Dean of Dance. She taught contestants creative choreography to “No Scrubs” as a dance teacher. She appeared as Geraldine in the TV show Necessary Roughness. Cayne starred as The Fairy Queen in the Syfy series The Magicians. Cayne participated in the documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen, which was released in 2020. She also hosted the third live-streamed episode of Werq the World.
Cayne started transitioning in 1996. According to Cayne, “I’m not trying to be a spokeswoman for the transgender community; I just want to be looked at as a living, breathing, happy human being.”She refers to the LGBT community as “the last great minority” and supports the LGBT+ rights organization GLAAD. Candis joined the global LGBT social network MOOVZ as the new global creative director in August 2015. Cayne was in a relationship with DJ Marco McDermott, whom she referred to as her husband, for over eight years, terminating in 2010. During that time, she assisted in raising McDermott’s former relationship’s daughter, Satori. Cayne investigated the prospect of adopting as a single mother during season 2 of the reality show I Am Cait in 2016.
Candis Cayne’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $500 Thousand.
Candis Cayne Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
♦ 2020 – Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
♦ 2020 – I Hate New Year’s
♦ 2014 – Crazy Bitches
♦ 2012 – Meth Head
♦ 2012 – Groom’s Cake
♦ 2011 – Making The Boys
♦ 2008 – Libanesa Loira
♦ 2007 – Starrbooty
♦ 2006 – My Heart Belongs to Data
♦ 1999 – Charlie!
♦ 1999 – In the Closet
♦ 1998 – Mob Queen
♦ 1997 – Drag Time
TV Shows:
♦ 2021 – The Sherry Vine Show
♦ 2018 – Grey’s Anatomy
♦ 2017-2018 – The Magicians
♦ 2017 – Transparent
♦ 2016 – Heartbeat
♦ 2015–16 – I Am Cait
♦ 2013–14 – Elementary
♦ 2012–17 – RuPaul’s Drag Race
♦ 2012 – She’s Living for This
♦ 2011 – Necessary Roughness
♦ 2011 – RuPaul’s Drag U
♦ 2010 – Drop Dead Diva
♦ 2009 – Nip/Tuck
♦ 2008 – Sordid Lives: The Series’
♦ 2007–08 – Dirty Sexy Money
♦ 2007 – CSI: NY