Anya Major

Anya Major, born in 1960, is an English athlete, actress, model and singer. She is best known for the Apple Computer television commercial 1984, made by the Chiat/Day agency and directed by Ridley Scott, in which she played the woman who runs up to a large video screen and hurls a sledgehammer at it. She won the part at a casting call in London because she could handle the hammer convincingly when other candidates struggled. The advertisement was first screened in December 1983 and became best known for its appearance after half-time of Super Bowl XVIII on 22 January 1984. In 1985 she appeared as Nikita in the music video for Elton John's song of the same name, released a single called Moscow Nights as Anya, and in 1987 released a second song, One Word. In 2006 she was wrongly reported to have died, and as of 2009 she lived in England with her husband and three children.