[14], Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. [52] From August to November 2008 he appeared at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as Hamlet, playing that role in repertory with Berowne that October and November. [25], Tennant has expressed enthusiasm about fulfilling his childhood dream. [102] The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. 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. She came from a completely . Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. [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. [40] Later that same year he starred in Learners, a BBC comedy drama written by and starring Jessica Hynes (another Doctor Who costar, in the episodes "Human Nature", "The Family of Blood" and "The End of Time"), in which he played a Christian driving instructor who became the object of a student's affection. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. Totally Tennant. David Lasnet also credited the model with 'lifting him out of depression' early in their marriage but said she did not know the depths of the support she had given him. December 23, 2020. [56] On 12 April 2011, a photograph of Tennant as Hamlet featured on a stamp issued by the Royal Mail to mark the RSC's fiftieth anniversary. Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. . [35][36] Previously thought to be returning as the Tenth Doctor, in October 2022, the ending of the special episode "The Power of the Doctor" revealed that Tennant would return as the Fourteenth Doctor, a role previously thought to be played by Ncuti Gatwa, who would follow on as the Fifteenth Doctor instead. All 13 episodes were released on 20 November 2015.[82]. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The Scot made her name in the early 1990s on catwalks for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, and on the covers . Tennant was married to photographer David Lasnet for . Secret Smile might just be one of David Tennant's most underappreciated projects to date. Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. Tennant's first professional role upon graduating from drama school was in a staging of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui co-starring Ashley Jensen; one of a few plays in which he performed as part of the agitprop 7:84 Theatre Company. [13] Steven Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue. 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, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. Stella Tennant, model and designer, born 17 December 1970; died 22 December 2020, Model who rose to fame in the 1990s, capturing the attention of Karl Lagerfeld and gracing the pages of Vogue, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. Is Stella Tennant related to Colin Tennant? The stories feature current and previous Doctor Who actors, including Strax actor Dan Starkey, former Davros actor Terry Molloy, and many veterans of Big Finish, including Niky Wardley, who portrayed Eighth Doctor companion Tamsin. He has also been a voice actor in The Pirates! "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. 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. Their relationship appeared idyllic, and they built a happy home in their countryside estate on the Scottish borders. In this May 22, 1999 photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. [114] In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". They married on 30 December 2011,[126] and live in the Chiswick district of London. [11] In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett's Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker. The film was released in September 2014. He's a real screamer!". September 10, 1933. . [3] [10] His talent was noticed by actress Edith MacArthur, who told his parents that she believed he would become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform when he was 10 years old. [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . [4] He later said that he was "absurdly single-minded" in pursuing an acting career. 'And that's how I met Stella,' he recalled in an interview with the New York Times Magazine in 2011. [4] He was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School and acted in various school productions. David Tennant surprised Doctor Who fans as he reprised his role as the Time Lord - with the actor set to star in three special episodes before handing over control of the Tardis next Christmas. Tennant called in former Vogue stylist Isabella Cawdor as partner, and over the course of five years they created a range: their criterion was, whatever the garment, You have to be able to climb over a barbed-wire fence in it.. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. According to her family, she died by suicide after struggling with her mental health. The Doctor's face may be familiar, but this is a whole new incarnation, and he could be very different. , updated [11], Tennant attended Saturday classes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before passing an official audition at age 16, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. In an Adventure with Scientists! [137] In 2019, they had another daughter named Birdie. On 9 February 2015, Tennant appeared on the Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, becoming the show's most successful debut contestant. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. Growing up on a farm kept her grounded, she said. 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". Moreover, Cecily Lasnet is not on social media platforms including Instagram and Twitter. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to . [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. (Though they never went as far as her thermal layer; she always wore a warm vest beneath those sweaters and shirts from Paris or Milan.) 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. [76], Between late January and March 2013, Tennant filmed The Escape Artist for BBC One in which he played a talented junior barrister who had yet to lose a case. [3] She worked for haute couture names like Valentino, and Dior by John Galliano and with photographers Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, and Tim Walker. [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures. [51] He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders. In one of her final interviews, Stella said she was delighted to be growing old gracefully, joking that - at her husband's request - she had even stopped dyeing her greying hair. [95], Tennant stars as a doctor suspected of murdering his family in Deadwater Fell, a Scottish true crime miniseries, which premiered in January 2020 on Channel 4. British model Stella Tennant during Chanel's 1996-97 fall-winter . The iconic supermodel rose to runway superstardom in the '90s serving as a muse for brands including Versace, Chanel and Alexander McQueen [8][26], In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. 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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. In December 2008, he was named as one of the most influential people in show business by British theatre and entertainment magazine The Stage, making him the fifth actor to achieve a ranking in the top 20 (in a list typically dominated by producers and directors). The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. She said that by the time people were allowed to travel again and the catwalk shows re-started, she would be regarded as too old. She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. The pair married in 1999 at the local church in Oxnam, Scotland - Stella's hometown. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He later performed alongside Davison's daughter, Georgia Moffett (as "Jenny") in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter". 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. (Lasnet later retrained as an osteopath.) [133][134] At the age of two, Olive had a cameo as John Barrowman's daughter in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. David loves surfing and skate boarding in his leisure time. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. By [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. 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? From then on, everything got better.'. . She announced her first retirement from modelling before she was 30, when she married (dressed by favourite designer Helmut Lang) in the local kirk with no celebs invited. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. BBC Two. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. [16] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Herms, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry. The film was released in December 2009. [1] His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Tennant has worked extensively on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet that was later adapted for television. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". Her famil. [41] Tennant was the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on Top Gear in December 2007, where he claimed to have unsuccessfully auditioned for a role on Taggart 26 times. Tennant was summoned to London from a Highlands holiday, travelled by sleeper train, arriving late on location in Spitalfields, and was immediately spotted as the newest face by the-then hottest photographer, Steven Meisel, despite that face being obscured by panda black eyepaint as well as the nose ring. British supermodel Stella Tennant took her own life after being "unwell for some time", her family have confirmed. The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. He also liked Tennants emphatic rootedness in Scotland; Chanel on a visit there had so fallen in love with its tweeds and woollens she made them a permanent element of her designs. [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. Tennant had a cameo appearance as the Doctor in the 2007 finale episode of the BBC/HBO comedy series Extras with Ricky Gervais. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. He played the title role in Big Finish's adaptation of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (2005). David Fisher/Shutterstock. In both audio productions, he worked alongside Nicholas Courtney, who reprised the character of Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. She was a muse of the designers Karl Lagerfeld,[18] Gianni Versace,[17][19] Alexander McQueen, Nicolas Ghesquire, Riccardo Tisci and Victoria Beckham. [70] Tennant repeated his performance as Richard II in the RSC's 'King and Country' cycle in 2016, starting at the Barbican Theatre in London[71] before transferring to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. [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. The husband of Stella Tennant spoke candidly about their marriage years before her death saying the secret to their 20 year marriage was: 'We want to make it work'. [135] In 2013, Tennant and Moffett had a son named Wilfred. Mrs Tennant also appeared in numerous advertising campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Chanel, Hermes, and Burberry before retiring in 1998 as she was pregnant with her first child. [57], In 2011, he starred in United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster, playing coach and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy. 6 in its "Top Ten" list of the most influential British television artists of the year, citing his roles in Blackpool, Casanova, Secret Smile, and Doctor Who. When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years[10] and became godfather to her youngest child. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. 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]. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment. He played Alan, a self-made building site manager who attempted to rebuild his life after suffering a debilitating brain injury. Stella Tennant and David Lasnet married at a parish church in the Scottish Borders in 1999 Credit: PA . Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race. [7][8], At the age of three, Tennant told his parents that he wanted to become an actor because he was a fan of Doctor Who,[9] but they encouraged him to aim for more conventional work. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. While Tennant was first . Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . 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. [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. She shot to fame after . 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. Read more. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. "[101], In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man, which was written by Steven Moffat. It . [116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. If it wants to pursue me, that's a different thing, but me as I am. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. All about Stella Tennant. 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. RELATED ARTICLES. He was open and up for it, and I got a good reaction. Stella Tennant Enfants.Stella Tennant est ne le 17 dcembre 1970. Stella Tennant - the iconic British model who was known for her blunt pixie haircut, androgynous features, commanding 5-foot-11 presence and piercing stare - changed the fashion industry by helping usher in an era of androgyny in the 1990s. 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. And it's very easy to destroy something. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock. She will be greatly missed. The gorgeous young lady, Cecily Lasnet was born to David Lasnet and Stella Tennant. [65] On 9 June 2012, he started filming the 3-part political drama series The Politician's Husband for BBC Two, playing an ambitious cabinet minister who takes drastic action when his wife's career starts to outshine his. The pair split in August Stella Tennant died this week just weeks after her 50th . Death More from News. [23], Doctor Who returned to British screens in March 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. She found she had style, and just what that style was, wandering the hills in unsuitable footwear and smoking rebel cigarettes round the back of fathers barn. But Tennant at Chanel gave up grunge other than her Sam McKnight spiked coiffure. As previous Doctor Christopher Eccleston had retained his northern tones, then-current showrunner Russell T Davies opted against the idea of having two consecutive Doctors with strong regional . [31] He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the Eleventh Doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith. Her family announced Tennant's death in a statement to The Guardian on Wednesday. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. 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 . The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. This does mean viewers should be wary of assuming Tennant is playing the same Tenth Doctor character. The unexpected next big things turned out to be very particularly British: bad-waif Kate Moss, and cool aristo Stella Tennant, who arrived on the pages of British Vogue in 1993. 2. [99] For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor. Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab. They had four children together. [111] Tennant's popularity has led to impersonations of him on various social networking sites, leading the BBC to issue a statement making it clear that Tennant does not use any of these sites and any account or message purporting to be from him is fake. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. They lived briefly in Manhattan before returning to Scotland, where they had a mews house in Edinburgh and a home in Edrom, Berwickshire, with a vegetable garden and chickens.