Our Fav Trans Actresses

Candis Cayne performed in New York City nightclubs in drag in the 1990s, and came out as transgender in 1996. She 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 was born in Maui, Hawaii.