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Christy Canyon

Christy Canyon at the FOXE Awards in 2006
Birthdate	June 17, 1966 (1966-06-17) (age 43)[1]
Birth location	Pasadena, California, U.S.
Measurements	36DD[2]-24-36
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)
Eye colour	Brown
Hair colour	Brown
Ethnicity	Armenian American Italian American
Alias(es)	Christie Canyon, Cristy Canyon, Missy, Tara White, Sara Wine, Tara Wine, Linda Daniel, DeeDee
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Christy Canyon (born on June 17, 1966^[1] in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is a retired American pornographic actress and current radio personality.

Adult film career

Canyon appeared in nearly 200 adult films. Canyon has won several "best female performance" awards and is a member of the XRCO and AVN Halls of Fame. She retired from (and returned to) the adult business several times. In 1999, AVN rated her as one of the top twenty-five adult stars of all time. She is known for her natural 36DD breasts.^[2]

In her autobiography, Canyon stated that adult performer 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 porn recruiter and agent Jim South of World Modeling Talent Agency.^[3] After visiting South's office she posed for men's magazines, and she began her video career shortly thereafter. She has stated that her first on-screen performance was with Ron Jeremy in 1984's "Swedish Erotica 57," and that Jeremy soon became a close friend within the business. Her pictures appeared in Celebrity Sleuth magazine, as well as Penthouse, Hustler, and dozens of other men's magazines, none of which are on the internet, but whose publication information is available.

In a 2005 interview on Taylor Wane's radio show, Canyon stated that although on-camera she had protected sex (with condoms) with all of her male co-stars during her time with Vivid Entertainment in the mid 1990s, this was definitely not something she practiced in her private life. Canyon stated that she engaged in unprotected sex with every one of her male co-stars off camera, prior to their filmed sex scenes.^[4] In her personal life, Canyon has dated directors John Frankenheimer and Adam Rifkin.^[5] As of 2009, she works on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Playboy Radio as cohost, with Nicki Hunter, of the show Night Calls.^[6][7]

Partial filmography

• Hollywood Starlets (1985)
• Black Throat (1985)
• Holly Does Hollywood (1985)
• Star 90 (1990)
• Comeback (1995)
• Oral Addiction (1996)
• Domination Nation 1 and 2 (both 1997)
• The Top 25 Adult Stars of All Time (1999)

Retirement

Canyon retired and returned to films several times during her career, mainly due to changes in her marital status. Currently, she is retired from performing in films, but still has an adult-related career, concentrating on her web site, working as a host for Playboy Radio, and selling merchandise on eBay. In 2003, she published her autobiography: Lights, Camera, Sex (ISBN 0-9727470-0-1). In November 2005, she appeared as a judge on the first season of Jenna's American Sex Star.^[8]

Cultural references

• The music group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark mentions Christy in the song "Heaven Is" from 1993's Liberator ("Heaven is Christy Canyon falling in love with me").^[9]
• In an episode of the FOX TV Show Millennium, second season (2-8, The Hand of St. Sebastian), Christy's (non-nude) image was shown when Frank Black's computer hacker infiltrated a fictional "Christy's" website.

Awards

• 1991 F.O.X.E Female Fan Favorite^[10]
• 1992 F.O.X.E Female Fan Favorite^[10]
• 1996 AVN Best Tease Performance for Comeback^[11]
• 1997 AVN Best Group Scene - Film for The Show^[11]
• AVN Hall of Fame^[12]
• XRCO Hall of Fame^[13]
• 2004 Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award ^[14]

See also

• List of porn stars

References

External links

• Interview at Sex Wrecks
• Biography at LukeIsBack.com