Christy Canyon

Christy Canyon — Biography & Career

Christy Canyon, born June 17, 1966, is an American adult film actress and radio personality. Her screen career unfolded in several periods: from September 1984 to March 1985, from June 1989 to December 1992, and from 1995 to 1997. Across those years, she appeared in more than 100 films. During her final performing period, she worked as an exclusive contract performer for Vivid Entertainment. She also appeared in photo spreads for Penthouse and Swank.

Canyon’s first on-screen credit was in Swedish Erotica 57 in 1984. Selected non-compilation titles from her filmography include Doctor Desire, On Golden Blonde, Bardot, Christy in the Wild, Comeback, The Show, and Twisted. An English-language pop culture reference to her appeared in 1993, when Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark mentioned her in the song “Heaven Is.”

After retiring from film performance in 1997, Canyon remained active in media and publishing. She self-published her autobiography, Lights, Camera, Sex!: An Autobiography, in 2003. In 2005, she appeared as a judge on the first season of Jenna’s American Sex Star. From 2005 to 2011, she co-hosted Playboy Radio’s Night Calls. By April 2011, she was co-hosting SiriusXM’s Spice Sex Circus with Ginger Lynn and hosting the weekly program Legends of Porn. She was also interviewed for ABC News’ Nightline in 2010 for the series Modern Sex in America.

Her later radio work included co-hosting You Porn on Sirius/XM Channel 102 until October 2013. In December 2013, she became the host of The Christy Canyon Show on Vivid Radio. Her honors include the 1991 XRCO Female Performer of the Year award, F.O.X.E. Female Fan Favorite in 1991 and 1992, induction into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1995, the AVN Hall of Fame, and the Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

Source: Career reference — Wikipedia. Career summary adapted from the linked article under CC BY-SA 4.0; wording and selection have been edited.

Photo credit

Luke Ford, www.lukeisback.com — Christy Canyon DSC 0121. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5. Display size and framing may be adjusted; the photograph remains available under the linked license.