[123] He has said that he believes religion "must have" shaped his character, and revealed that he is an occasional churchgoer. [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. 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. [5] T Magazine; In an interview, he revealed that when he was 18-20 years old, he was suffering from depression, and his wife, Stella Tennant, had helped him in recovering from it. [133][134] At the age of two, Olive had a cameo as John Barrowman's daughter in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. And yet that photo in 1993 kicked off a 27-year career, a longevity enjoyed by only a few top models, most of whom earn the sobriquet "super" for their trouble. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. Her famil. It was love at first sight, she recalled. I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. Tennants appeal had been prefigured in the release that year of Sally Potters film of the Virginia Woolf fantasy novel Orlando, its hero/heroine (nothing so simple as androgynous) played by Tilda Swinton; pipe-cleaner thin, tall, pale, unpainted, with a body language both male and female, and an ever-unready smile. But it took a while for them to get together as a couple due to the language barriers between French-born Lasnet and aristocratic Brit Tennant. Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. Karl Lagerfeld offered her bigger money in 1996, to replace Claudia Schiffer as the face, and thinner body, of Chanel. Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab. Three years ago, Tennant decided to go on Reddit to allow fans to ask him whatever they wanted. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. 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. Born in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage. He and their children survive her. [136] In November 2015, Tennant announced that they had recently had a daughter named Doris. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. Stella Tennant and David Lasnet married at a parish church in the Scottish Borders in 1999 Credit: PA . (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). Topics. Stella Tennant modelling in Paris in 2003. Moreover, Cecily Lasnet is not on social media platforms including Instagram and Twitter. I saw her recently out on her horse, and we had a good chat. 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. Catwalk icon's career in pictures. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on Tuesday 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. The Pirates! Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse . "[101], In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man, which was written by Steven Moffat. [6], Raised on a 1,500-acre (6km2) sheep farm that her parents ran at Newcastleton, in the Scottish Borders,[7] Tennant went to the local primary then attended St Leonards School in St Andrews[9] followed by Marlborough College[11] before completing a degree in sculpture at the Winchester School of Art. "Its that . He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (20052010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. Stella was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the daughter of Lady Emma Cavendish and The Hon. The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot directed by Peter Davison. They couple shared lunch after the shoot. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. British supermodel Stella Tennant took her own life last month, her family has confirmed, saying the pioneering 90s star "felt unable to go on." Tennant, who shunned traditionally feminine . Totally Tennant. ", which aired on 9 June 2007. They had four children together. 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. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. [109], In 2008, Tennant was voted "Greenest Star on the Planet" in an online vote held by Playhouse Disney as part of the Playing for the Planet Awards. [27] She also supported initiatives aimed at reducing fashion's effect on the environment,[17] including Oxfam's "Second Hand September". When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years[10] and became godfather to her youngest child. 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 . 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I've even got my own TARDIS!" Tennant split from her husband of two decades, earlier this year. [44] In December 2009, he filmed the lead in an NBC pilot, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, playing Rex, a Chicago lawyer who starts to coach clients to represent themselves when he starts suffering panic attacks. [99] For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor. [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. [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. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. [64] Tennant auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter in NBC's Hannibal; he was narrowly beaten for the part by Mads Mikkelsen. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. The couple's move across the Atlantic inspired Lasnet to retrain and he studied to be an osteopath - a profession choice he recalls was sparked by his son Marcel developingwhooping cough as a toddler. The pair married in 1999 at the local church in Oxnam, Scotland - Stella's hometown. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. [14][15] He is reported to have thought her reminiscent of Coco Chanel. David lasnet and aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant married in 1999 in Oxnam, a town on the Scottish borders. Tennants manner was so fresh that she soon had an agent, a flat in New York, and the unofficial record for being in the most catwalk shows, 75, in a season. Model Stella Tennant walks the runway at the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Skylight Clarkson Sq on September 14, 2016, in New York . Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. Then David and I decided we wanted to have a family." She married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999 and had four children. [5][6] Two of his maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were Northern Irish Protestants from County Londonderry who were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912; William was also a member of the Orange Order. 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. [17] He subsequently specialised in comic roles, playing Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors and Captain Jack Absolute in The Rivals, although he also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. 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 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. From October 2009, he hosted the Masterpiece Contemporary programming strand on the American Public Broadcasting Service. . 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[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. It marked the start of a relationship that would span more than 20 years and give them four children, Marcel, Cecily, Jasmine, and Iris, now aged between 15 and 22. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers including Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. 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In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. Related Topics. Between January and May 2014, Tennant also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch, re-titled Gracepoint. [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. Later, at 10 years old, she made her debut in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast. [96][97][98], In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part miniseries on ITV. The pair split in August Stella Tennant died this week just weeks after her 50th . 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. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . He was hired as a set assistant after declining the designer's offer to model for him, instead asking for a job behind the camera. David Tennant returned to Doctor Who last night as the 14th Doctor after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star . 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. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. 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. David Tennant is dying to work with Aaron Sorkin. [3] David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor.He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005-2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. 12:14 EST 24 Dec 2020. BBC Two. 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 . [18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock. [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. 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. [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010. 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 . 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. We will miss you forever Stella. 'There's nothing better than growing old together. [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. The play follows the story of two sisters, Blanche and Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. 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He was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. 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. His performance as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, was recorded by the National Video Archive of Performance for the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre Collection. Tobias William Tennant. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. Jessica Jones for Netflix", "David Tennant sets Radio 4 Just a Minute record", "Did you know David Tennant was in Just Cause 3? She shot to fame after . 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 . I'm not going to dye my hair I don't want to pretend to be something that I'm not,' she said. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. After Stella Tennant's sudden death at the age of 50, fashion designers and photographers paid tribute to the iconic model on social media. [42] Tennant is the voice behind the 2007 advertising campaign for catalogue retailer Argos, and appeared in adverts for The Proclaimers' 2007 album and learndirect in June 2008. She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model's family revealed that Tennant had been . [38], While playing the Doctor, Tennant was also in the early December 2005 ITV drama Secret Smile. It was the final chronological appearance of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and introduced Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in the closing moments of part two. Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. [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. 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. When David Tennant was cast as the Doctor in 2005, one of the biggest creative decisions regarding his incarnation involved what accent he would use. 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. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". 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". The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. He is a dog lover and owns a pet dog named Feud. [91] Tennant also plays Crowley in the miniseries Good Omens,[92] which was released in full on Amazon Prime Video on 31 May 2019 and was released on BBC Two on 15 January 2020. The very opposite of a social butterfly, quite unstarry, and all the more popular in the community for it, one of them said yesterday. Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). [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]. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . [68], In January 2012, Tennant was appointed to the Royal Shakespeare Company board, to be on the selection committee interviewing and choosing the new artistic director. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . She made a video and became one of the faces of its campaign titled Turn Up the Style, Turn Down the Heat. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. Stella Tennant Enfants.Stella Tennant est ne le 17 dcembre 1970. [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. Rest In Peace." In 1993, aged 23, Mrs Tennant broke into modelling, posing for magazines such as French, British and . Over the years she appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Herms and Burberry. On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. The teenager from . Her family announced Tennant's death in a statement to The Guardian on Wednesday. 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. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". Biography, news, photos and videos . Tennant and Billie Piper returned to Doctor Who for the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor" broadcast on 23 November 2013, with then-stars Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman and guest star John Hurt. 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. 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'. [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. [69] It was announced on 23 January 2013 that Tennant would return to the RSC for the company's 2013 winter season, playing the title role in Richard II at Stratford-upon-Avon (from 10 October to 16 November) and transferring to the Barbican Centre in London (from 9 December to 25 January 2014). 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. David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders. 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. 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. Tennant won VH1/Vogue Model of the Year Award in 2001, Model of the Year at the 2011 British Fashion Awards and the Contribution to British Fashion award at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year 2016 awards; she was also inducted into the Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame as Model of the Year in 2012. [51] He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake Fright Night (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the ITV crime drama series Broadchurch (20132017), Kilgrave in the Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones (20152019), Crowley in the Amazon Prime fantasy series Good Omens (2019present), and Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (2021). [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. [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. RELATED ARTICLES. All about Stella Tennant. Antonia Paget For Mailonline Stella Tennant, model, born 17 December 1970, died 22 December . 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? His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. They were then the money generator, though Tennant worked without demanding supermodel premiums just to get out of bed. She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. They had been married for over two decades and were in the process of splitting. Related profiles. So, David went from a McDonald to a Tennant, taking the inspiration for the name from Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, and eventually made the name change official in the 2000s. By According to her family, she died by suicide after struggling with her mental health. In 2007, Tennant's Tenth Doctor appeared with Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor in a Doctor Who special for Children in Need, written by Steven Moffat and entitled "Time Crash". [127][128] They have five children,[129][130] including actor Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. The Scot made her name in the mid 1990s on catwalks for planners like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, and on the covers Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. 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.