Out Spotlight XXXVII

Today's Spotlight is Candis Cayne.Candis is the first transgender actress to have a recurring role on a prime-time network television series in the United States.

Candis was born Brendan was born as Brendan McDaniel in Hawaii. Raised in Maui by her parents teachers at private school in Hawaii, she was raised in a loving supportive, nurturing, artistic environment. A classically trained dancer, she left high school moving to LA and getting a job on a cruise ship for a few months to raise money for a move to New York. Once in New York, she started performing as 'Candis Cayne' at Boy Bar, a gay bar in early 1990s New York City and participating in Wigstock, the annual drag festival in the East Village. Her participation in Wigstock led to her being asked to do choreography for To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and led to a role in the movie Stonewall. She began transitioning in 1996. In 1997 Candis co-starred in the RuPaul music video A Little Bit of Love with fellow drag icon Jazzmun. She also appeared as the lead role in the 1998 independent film Mob Queen. She worked with RuPaul again in 2007 , in a movie called Starbooty. In 2007 she also landed the role of Carmelita, a transsexual who is having an affair with married New York Attorney General Patrick Darling (played by William Baldwin), in the serial drama Dirty Sexy Money.

Candis was the 2001 winner of the Miss Gay Continental U.S.A. national pageant for transgendered people.


She and her husband DJ Marco have been together since 2003 and have one child.


Candis Canye profile
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Great personal profile of Candis talking about herself and her life.

Candis at NY Pride 2008


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CONGRATULATIONS MATTHEW MITCHAM ON WINNING GOLD.