Christy Canyon

Christy Canyon studied at North Hollywood High School. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pornographic film. Distinctions recorded are AVN Hall of Fame and XMA Award for Best Sex Scene - Comedy Movie.

Canyon has performed in over 100 pornographic films. She performed from September 1984 to March 1985; June 1989 to December 1992; and 1995 to 1997 (as an exclusive contract performer for Vivid Entertainment). She also appeared in photo spreads for Penthouse and Swank magazine. In her autobiography, Canyon stated that pornographic film actor Greg Rome approached her while she was waiting for a ride in Hollywood, and told her that she would be a terrific figure model. He gave her the business card of adult magazine and film recruiter and agent Jim South, of World Modeling Agency. After visiting South's office, Canyon posed for men's magazines and began her video career shortly thereafter. Her first on-screen performance was with Ron Jeremy in 1984's Swedish Erotica 57. She has stated that Jeremy soon afterward became a close friend in the business.

Canyon retired from performing in pornographic films in 1997. She remained active in related fields, hosting Playboy Radio's Night Calls and selling memorabilia on eBay. She has also managed her own X-rated website and self-published an autobiography titled Lights, Camera, Sex (2004). In 2005, she appeared as a judge on the first season of Jenna's American Sex Star. From 2005 to 2011, she was co-host of the Playboy Radio show Night Calls. As of April 2011 she was co-host of SiriusXM's Spice Sex Circus with Ginger Lynn and sole host of Sirius XM's weekly Legends of Porn. Canyon was interviewed for the ABC News program Nightline in 2010 for the series Modern Sex in America. She co-hosted Radio Sex's You Porn on Sirius/XM Channel 102, until October 2013 when the channel went off the air. In December 2013, she became the host of The Christy Canyon Show on Vivid Radio on Sirius/XM Channel 102. Canyon joined OnlyFans in 2017. In 2024, she collaborated on a pornographic scene with Elaina St. James. Also in 2024, Vixen Media Group announced that Canyon would make adult video content for its MILFY website.

Canyon has won several "best female performance"-type awards and is a member of both the XRCO Hall of Fame and AVN Hall of Fame. She was namechecked by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) on their 1993 track "Heaven Is", in the line: "Heaven is Christy Canyon falling in love with me".

Canyon has been married and divorced three times. She is the mother of two adopted children.

• WPINK (1984) • I Like to Be Watched (1984) • Wild Things (1985) • Hollywood Starlets (1985) • Educating Mandy (1985) • Black Throat (1985) • Holly Does Hollywood (1985) • Savage Fury (1985) • Star 90 (1990) • Passages 1-4 (1991) • Comeback (1995) • Oral Addiction (1996) • Domination Nation 1 and 2 (both 1997) • The Top 25 Adult Stars of All Time (1999)

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Christy Canyon was recorded at birth as Melissa Kaye Bardizbanian. She also worked under the name Christy Canyon. Her recorded language was English.

Christy Canyon is recorded as having received AVN Hall of Fame and XMA Award for Best Sex Scene - Comedy Movie.

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