Birthdate: June 17, 1966 (1966-06-17)
Birth location: Pasadena, California, United States
Birth name: Melissa Bardizbanian
Measurements: 36DD-24-36
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Weight: 130 lb (59 kg)
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Brown
Natural bust: Yes
Orientation: Bisexual
Ethnicity: Armenian American
Italian American

Christy Canyon (born Melissa Bardizbanian on June 17, 1966 in Pasadena, California, U.S.) is a retired American pornographic actress.

Canyon appeared in nearly 200 adult films. Canyon has won several "best female performance" awards and is a member of the XRCO Hall of Fame. She retired several times only to return to the adult business. Her first stint in the business was September 1984 to March 1985, the second June 1989 to December 1992 and the third (and final) February 1995 to June 1996.

Canyon is best known for her large natural breasts, voluptuous body and natural beauty. During her career, her measurements were reportedly 36DD-24-36. On screen, she engaged in standard adult fare consisting of vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and facials, sex with women, and group sex in small groups. She had anal sex only once on film, in The Show (1996).

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. In her personal life, Canyon has dated Max Baer, Jr., directors John Frankenheimer and Adam Rifkin, and Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash.

In her autobiography Lights, Camera, SEX!, Canyon notes that the Italian mega porn star Rocco Siffredi attempted several times to add her to his prodigious list of sexual conquests. Although initially interested, Canyon later changed her mind about sex with Siffredi, who insisted on a sex scene between himself and Canyon. Siffredi was eventually granted the scene, but Canyon retired from Vivid (the second time in her career) the previous day.

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 episode of Jenna's American Sex Star.

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