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Anya Major

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Anya Major (born 1966, in UK) is an athlete and actress who starred in Apple Computer's famous "1984" commercial, and who appeared as Nikita in the video to Elton John's song of the same name.
In 1983, the Chiat/Day advertising agency held a casting call in London, on behalf of their client, Apple Computer, for what would prove to be a landmark television commercial. The vision of the agency and director Ridley Scott stipulated an actress capable of running up to a large video screen, swinging a sledgehammer in a wide spin, and releasing it at the video screen. Unfortunately, most of the models and actresses tested could not wield the clumsy hammer, much less throw it; in fact, one errant throw nearly struck a passerby at the Hyde Park casting call.The petite Major, an experienced discus thrower who had been discovered at a local health club, won the role with her ability to handle the hammer convincingly.
The commercial aired only twice on American television, most famously just after half-time of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984. Even with this limited appearance, the ad created such a media frenzy that it gained many subsequent free TV airings and print mentions as it was discussed in the media.
Major later portrayed "Nikita" in the Elton John 1985 music video of the same name. As a spin-off, she released a single named Moscow Nights using the name Anya.
Although Andy Hertzfeld of the Macintosh development team stated that Major had died of breast cancer in 2000, she is alive and well.She lives in England with her husband Kim Rajah and their three children.

Nikita

Elton John

Hey Nikita is it cold

In your little corner of the world

You could roll around the globe

And never find a warmer soul to know

Oh I saw you by the wall

Ten of your tin soldiers in a row

With eyes that looked like ice on fire

The human heart a captive in the snow

Chorus

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home

I'll never know how good it feels to hold you

Nikita I need you so

Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row

Oh no, Nikita you'll never know

Do you ever dream of me

Do you ever see the letters that I write

When you look up through the wire

Nikita do you count the stars at night

And if there comes a time

Guns and gates no longer hold you in

And if you're free to make a choice

Just look towards the west and find a friend

Chorus

Oh Nikita you will never know, anything about my home

I'll never know how good it feels to hold you

Nikita I need you so

Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time

Counting ten tin soldiers in a row

Oh no, Nikita you'l never know

repeat chorus