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| Born | June 17, 1966 [1] |
| Website | christycanyon |
Christy Canyon (born June 17, 1966 [1] ) is a pornographic actress and American radio personality. [2] She is a member of both the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame and a recipient of the Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award.
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.[ citation needed ]
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. [1] : 23 After visiting South's office, Canyon posed for men's magazines and began her video career shortly thereafter.[ citation needed ] Her first on-screen performance was with Ron Jeremy in 1984's "Swedish Erotica 57,". [3] She has stated that Jeremy soon afterward became a close friend in the business.[ citation needed ]
Canyon retired from performing in pornographic films in 1997. [2] She remained active in related fields, hosting Playboy Radio's Night Calls and selling memorabilia on eBay. [2] She has also managed her own X-rated website and self-published an autobiography titled Lights, Camera, Sex (2004). [4]
In 2005, she appeared as a judge on the first season of Jenna's American Sex Star .[ citation needed ] From 2005 to 2011, she was co-host of the Playboy Radio show Night Calls. [5] [ not specific enough to verify ] 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. [6]
Canyon was interviewed for the ABC News program Nightline in 2010 for the series Modern Sex in America. [7] 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.[ citation needed ]
In July 2024, Vixen Media Group announced that Canyon would make adult video content for its MILFY website. [8]
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." [9] [ non-primary source needed ]
Canyon has been married and divorced three times and is the mother of two adopted children. [4]
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June 17th, 1984. I woke up alone on my eighteenth birthday.
Vixen Media Group today announced the return of adult industry legend Christy Canyon with an exclusive scene for MILFY opposite Spanish heartthrob co-star Alberto Blanco.
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