# Christy Canyon

Christy Canyon (born June 17, 1966) is a pornographic actress and American radio personality. She is a member of both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame and a recipient of the Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award.

## Career
### Adult film career

Canyon has performed in over 100 pornographic films. She performed actively 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 the pornographic 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/agent Jim South, of World Modeling Agency.$^{:23}$ 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.

### Retirement and return

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 Sirius XM'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.
After a two-decade hiatus, Canyon returned to pornographic performance in March 2017 when she joined OnlyFans, initially offering streamed content and merchandise, and later adding newly shot pornographic scenes. In July 2024, Vixen Media Group announced that Canyon would make adult video content for its MILFY website.

## Recognition

Canyon has won several "best female performance"-type awards and is a member of both the XRCO and AVN Halls 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."

## Personal life

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

## Awards

* 1991 XRCO Female Performer of the Year
* 1991 F.O.X.E. Female Fan Favorite
* 1992 F.O.X.E. Female Fan Favorite
* 1995 XRCO Hall of Fame
* 1996 AVN Best Tease Performance for Comeback
* 1997 AVN Best Group Scene - Film for The Show
* 1997 Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame
* 1998 AVN Special Achievement Award
* AVN Hall of Fame
* 2004 Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2018 Vivid Hall of Fame
* 2025 XMA Best Sex Scene - Comedy Movie for American MILF

## Partial filmography

* 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)