She shot to fame after . Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. David lasnet and aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant married in 1999 in Oxnam, a town on the Scottish borders. 'The first six months were very dampened by our capacity to communicate with each other,' he said previously. Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in The Guardian newspaper. The couple married in 1999 Credit: PA:Press . In TV & Satellite Week (26 April 2 May issue), the host of the show, Derren Brown, is quoted as saying: "One of the appeals of Doctor Who for David is time travel, so I wanted to give him that experience. Later in September 2011, it was announced that Tennant would voice a character in the movie adaptation of Postman Pat named You Know You're the One with a planned 3D theatrical release for spring 2013. Karl Lagerfeld. Over the years she appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Herms and Burberry. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". In 2005, he starred in UNIT: The Wasting for Big Finish, recreating his role of Brimmicombe-Wood from a Doctor Who Unbound play, Sympathy for the Devil. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. 'There's nothing better than growing old together. Stella met David while at the height of her fame, when he was a dashing French photographer assigned to a New York shoot with her. Ki Price/Getty Images. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. I'm not going to dye my hair I don't want to pretend to be something that I'm not,' she said. FILE In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. If it wants to pursue me, that's a different thing, but me as I am. The photographer, who is now trilingual, said:'I went through a period of depression from the age of 18 to 20-something. October 24, 2022 12:46am. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". Model Stella Tennant walks the runway during the Versace show as part of Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 on 6 July 2014 in Paris, Getty Images Model Stella Tennant attends . David Fisher/Shutterstock. The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. In this two-part TV movie, David Tennant plays the character of Brendan Block, who finds himself engaged to his ex-girlfriend's sister after a particularly nasty break-up. And indeed, Tennant took the time to quench fans . [9] Stella was the great niece of the flamboyant socialite Stephen Tennant, and was directly descended from Bess of Hardwick, a notable figure of Elizabethan English society,[9] and a fourth cousin, once removed, to Diana, Princess of Wales. Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). He made the coments in a candid interview about their marriage nine years before her death. Tennant appeared in the 2008 episode "Holofile 703: Us and Phlegm" of the radio series Nebulous (a parody of Doctor Who) in the role of Doctor Beep, using his Lothian accent. [50] In October 2010 he starred as Dave, a man struggling to raise five children after the death of his partner, in the British drama Single Father. Lasnet asked Stella to have children with him within two months of their relationship starting. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. Stella's father, Tobias William Tennant, meanwhile, was the son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and younger brother of Colin Tennant, the 3rd Baron Glenconner, who bought the Caribbean island of . Lagerfeld had shrewdly seen in her a resemblance to the young Coco Chanel, who wore actual mens clothes for sports and larks, underplaying her femininity. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. Lambing and ewes, blood and guts and sex.. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. [4] He was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School and acted in various school productions. [120], Tennant remained neutral on the issue of Scottish independence in the run-up to the 2014 referendum, stating that it was not his business as he no longer lived in Scotland. They were then the money generator, though Tennant worked without demanding supermodel premiums just to get out of bed. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. Stella Tennant and David Lasnet married at a parish church in the Scottish Borders in 1999 Credit: PA . [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, List of awards and nominations received by David Tennant, "David Tennant's father and ex-Kirk moderator Sandy McDonald dies", "David Tennant pays tribute to his late mum", "Frost's Scottish Who's Who Very Rev. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. When he was 16, he acted in an anti-smoking film made by the Glasgow Health Board which aired on television and was also screened in schools. Also in 2008, he voiced the character of Hamish the Hunter in the 2008 English language DVD re-release of the 2006 animated Norwegian film, Free Jimmy, alongside Woody Harrelson. ', 'When we moved here, Stella's mom watched me cutting down trees and said: 'Yeah, it takes 10 minutes to chop down a tree and 10 years to see it grow.'. She later returned to the runway and worked on several campaigns behind the camera. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. Stella Tennant was born on 17 December 1970 in London, England,[9][10] the youngest of three children to the Hon. [89] Also in 2017, he became the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney XD's DuckTales reboot, replacing the character's longtime voice actor Alan Young, who died in May 2016. In this May 22, 1999 photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. The film is co-produced by Tennant's wife, Georgia, and had originally been due to co-star his father-in-law, Peter Davison; however, Davison withdrew from the film in October 2016 due to a scheduling clash. [14] In August 2020, Tennant and Lasnet announced they had separated. His roles include a reprisal of his Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, as well as Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, Edgar in King Lear, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, all of which he performs in his natural accent. The gorgeous young lady, Cecily Lasnet was born to David Lasnet and Stella Tennant. Stella Tennant, the iconic British model famed for her statuesque beauty and inimitable personal style, has passed away at the age of 50. [121] However, in the wake of Brexit, which he called "depressing", he stated in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum. 'Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. . "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. [131][132] Ty has acted in the film Tolkien and the 2019 television adaptation of War of the Worlds. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on Tuesday at the age of 50. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. By In May 2022, in relation to the show's 60th anniversary, it was announced that Tennant would once again return to the show, alongside Tate, who would reprise her role as Donna Noble. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. Her first shoot made the cover of British Vogue in December 1993, which Mrs Tennant later said came about 'by accident', and at the end of that day's work she was asked to do a Versace campaign in Paris, which ended up as the cover of the Italian edition. She joked that "we're like George and Mildred in 20 years' time we'll probably be doing a ropey old sitcom in a terraced house in Preston". [30] He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. Anna Wintour is mourning the loss of fashion industry icon Stella Tennant. Topics. BBC Two. This personal enthusiasm for the series had also been expressed by his participation in several audio plays based on the Doctor Who television series which had been produced by Big Finish Productions, although he did not play the Doctor in any of these productions. 'I'm not really pursuing my modelling in the same way. He's a real screamer!". Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . We will miss you forever Stella. "Ask Me Anything!" the title of the post read. She seemed well, but did say she was very worried about [the impact of] Covid [on fashion] because she thought it might mean she never worked again. After Stella Tennant's sudden death at the age of 50, fashion designers and photographers paid tribute to the iconic model on social media. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. [6], She died suddenly on 22 December 2020 shortly after her 50th birthday. [citation needed]. For the last decade, she devoted most of her time looking after her four children and promoting sustainable causes. [32], In October 2015, Big Finish Productions announced that Tennant would return to the role of the Tenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as his former companion Donna Noble in three new stories from Big Finish. Joel Golby of the Guardian described it: "David Tennant and Michael Sheen squabbled over Zoom as exaggerated, frustrated, hyper-thespian versions of themselves, in an actors-playing-actors miniseries with the exact same energy of a late-night Comic Relief sketch; 15-minute episodes where you got to see familiar actors with their off-duty haircuts saying words that seemed real. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. [125] The couple met in 2008 during the filming of the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter", in which she played the genetically engineered daughter of Tennant's Tenth Doctor. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. All about Stella Tennant. Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. Stella Tennant was born in London on Dec. 17, 1970, the youngest of three children of Lady Emma Cavendish and the Honorable Tobias William Tennant, son of the second Baron Glenconner, himself the . [19] In 2003 Tennant appeared in the film Bright Young Things. Stella Tennant Enfants.Stella Tennant est ne le 17 dcembre 1970. UNIT: The Wasting, was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. The episode showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. Schiffer had looked like an Amazon Brigitte Bardot, bosom bursting out of bared bra, and she grumbled about Tennant that being cool now meant heroin chic, looking like a junkie. He was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. In November 2008, Tennant played Sir Arthur Eddington in the BBC and HBO biographical film Einstein and Eddington, which was filmed in Cambridge and Hungary. [102] The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. In 2004 Tennant played a lead role in the Big Finish audio play series Dalek Empire III as Galanar, a young man who is given an assignment to discover the secrets of the Daleks. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders. Tennant did not intend to keep modelling after the birth of their children, Marcel, Cecily, Jasmine and Iris, but it proved unexpectedly easy to take limited-length gigs, and she remained in demand for the rest of her life for ads, magazine work, regular catwalks, and an appearance in the 2012 Olympics ceremony as a distinctive British asset: I havent found a better part-time job., In 2015, the London gunmakers Holland & Holland, now owned by the Chanel group, asked Tennant to help design their country gear: her own off-duty uniform, from solid wet heather proof shoes through to shepherds plaid wrap, was their ideal. [28], In August 2014, Tennant was one of 200 celebrities who signed a letter to The Guardian newspaper expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. Meisel and the Vogue team invited her to Paris the next week to model for a Versace campaign (Tennant recalled I thought, well, OK, that sounds fun), and a resulting Meisel shot made the cover of Italian Vogue. We do not have the related information on Cecily Lasnet's boyfriend and her dating life. The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. In February 2016, he began filming Mad to Be Normal (previously titled Metanoia), a biopic of the renowned Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, produced by Gizmo Films. In television, he appeared in the first episode of Reeves and Mortimer's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. [77] Tennant starred opposite Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly in What We Did on Our Holiday, a semi-improvised comedy film; shooting took place from 17 June to 30 July 2013 in Scotland. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. [29] Tennant guest starred as the Doctor in a two-part story in Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, broadcast in October 2009. [22] He began to appear on television more prominently in 2004 and 2005, when he appeared in a dramatisation of He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005), and The Quatermass Experiment (2005). His first Shakespearean role for the RSC was in As You Like It (1996); having auditioned for the role of Orlando, the romantic lead, he was instead cast as the jester Touchstone, which he played in his natural Scottish accent. No one in fashion could guess what would succeed the smiling, buoyant healthfulness of the international supermodels who commanded catwalks and covers in the late 1980s and early 90s. She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. Stella Tennant (17 December 1970 22 December 2020) was a British model and fashion designer,[2] who rose to fame in the early 1990s and had a career that spanned almost 30 years. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. He made his directorial debut on the Doctor Who Confidential episode that accompanies Steven Moffat's episode "Blink", entitled "Do You Remember The First Time? Fashion. In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model's family revealed that Tennant had been . During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists. Neighbours were shocked at the news saying that, since the separation, David had seemingly moved to Edinburgh, where the couple had a mews house, and continued working as an osteopath while Stella had taken up riding. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. He joined Franz Ferdinand onstage to play the guitar on their song "No You Girls" on a special Comic Relief edition of Top of the Pops. She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time. He was an avid "Doctor Who" fan, and even met 4th . [46][47] In November 2009, he co-hosted the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell for three consecutive days. Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. [27], He previously had a small role in the BBC's animated Doctor Who webcast Scream of the Shalka. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. The pair met when Mario Testino hired him as an assistant after he was talent spotted by the iconic fashion designer while drinking coffee outside a Paris cafe. [11][21], In 2016, Tennant and Lady Isabella Cawdor premiered a new ready to wear collection they designed for the gunmaker and clothing retailer Holland & Holland. Secret Smile might just be one of David Tennant's most underappreciated projects to date. Between January and May 2014, Tennant also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch, re-titled Gracepoint. News of her death was confirmed only months after their split and just five days after her 50th birthday. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. The drama was based on the 10-year fight of Marina Litvinenko and the London police force as they work to prove the guilt and release the names of those responsible for the 2006 poisoning of Litvinenko. According to her family, she died by suicide after struggling with her mental health. "[101], In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man, which was written by Steven Moffat. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. Stella's mother was Lady Emma Cavendish, daughter of Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, whose seat is the famous Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. In 2006, readers of Doctor Who Magazine voted Tennant "Best Doctor" over perennial favourite Tom Baker. The play follows the story of two sisters, Blanche and Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. Tennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999 Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month. Her parents ran a farm at Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders, where, like older brother Eddy and sister Isabel, she went to the local primary before being sent to St Leonards school in St Andrews. Related Topics. She replied 'not just yet'. [20] During the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, Tennant, along with Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, was one of the British models wearing fashions created by British designers specifically for the event. [5], In 2016, she co-designed a collection with Lady Isabel Cawdor for the Chanel owned London-based brand, Holland & Holland, she also ran Tennant & Son, a line of hand-knitted cashmeres and a luxury homewares company with her sister. [29], In June 2012, Tennant was inducted as Model of the Year into the Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame at its annual awards event.[30]. . I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. However, he was pleased to be able to use his own accent in one episode, when the Doctor briefly masquerades as "Dr. James McCrimmon" of Edinburgh in Tooth and Claw a nod to the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon. [66][67] Tennant also presented the new comedy quiz show Comedy World Cup, in 2012 which ran on Saturday nights for seven episodes. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. Three years ago, Tennant decided to go on Reddit to allow fans to ask him whatever they wanted. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. [12][13] He later legally changed his surname to comply with rules set by the American Screen Actors Guild (which was later merged into SAG-AFTRA). [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. Tennant has gone on record as saying that, contrary to tabloids reports, he was not upset at not being able to play the role in his own accent and in fact had never wanted to. A show source explained: "There have been two David Tennant Doctor Whos technically and with John Hurt playing another Doctor in the film, it basically means he can't regenerate again . At the time, Tennant herself was a graduate in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, who, realising she did not have enough to say to become an artist, had tried and failed to monetise her near 6ft height and remarkable bones in modelling. In 2006, he recorded abridged audio books of The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner, The Feast of the Drowned by Stephen Cole and The Resurrection Casket by Justin Richards, for BBC Worldwide.[28]. [20] The UK premire was staged at the Donmar Warehouse, in previews on April 4, opening April 10 and closing on May 4, 2002. I mean, what else is there really?'. They moved to the 18th-century house from New York in the US where Lasnet had forged a successful career as a photographer while Stella excelled as a model. Tennant's family, including her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children . One of his earliest big-screen roles was in Jude (1996), in which he shared a scene with Christopher Eccleston, playing a drunken undergraduate who challenges Eccleston's Jude to prove his intellect. Her famil. Her family said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020. Tennant replaced him as of the second series, making his first, brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) at the end of the regeneration scene, and also appeared in a special 7-minute mini-episode shown as part of the 2005 Children in Need appeal, broadcast on 18 November 2005. Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . She came from a completely different background and was super-supportive of me always. Georgia Moffett later became David Tennant's wife. [127][128] They have five children,[129][130] including actor Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. They couple shared lunch after the shoot. [16] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Herms, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry. When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. [79] One advert was voluntarily withdrawn after a complaint lodged by BBC Worldwide, which believed that the advert broke the corporation's guidelines by featuring references to Doctor Who that appeared to be a commercial endorsement of the service.
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