[37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. Biography, news, photos and videos . Topics. [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. They had been married for over two decades and were in the process of splitting. When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years[10] and became godfather to her youngest child. [6], She died suddenly on 22 December 2020 shortly after her 50th birthday. I've even got my own TARDIS!" [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. He was open and up for it, and I got a good reaction. 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. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . Tobias Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and his wife, Lady Emma Cavendish. [60][61] He played dual roles: the main character, put-upon teacher Mr. Peterson, and his "golden boy" twin brother and rival. Tennant, who lived in Duns, a town in the Scottish borders, died on 22 December . [23], Doctor Who returned to British screens in March 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. 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. UNIT: The Wasting, was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. 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. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. The iconic supermodel rose to runway superstardom in the '90s serving as a muse for brands including Versace, Chanel and Alexander McQueen He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. David Tennant 's wife Georgia has taken to Instagram with a very sweet snapshot of her family. 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. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. 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. 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We will miss you forever Stella. Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . 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 splits . [citation needed], Tennant featured in an episode of Trick or Treat on Channel 4 in May 2008. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. 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. 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. [14][15] He is reported to have thought her reminiscent of Coco Chanel. [131][132] Ty has acted in the film Tolkien and the 2019 television adaptation of War of the Worlds. . [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. She has died suddenly, shortly after her 50th birthday. [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. She later returned to the runway and worked on several campaigns behind the camera. Much Ado About Nothing (Production) by William Shakespeare . [30] He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. The film was released in December 2009. Lasnet asked Stella to have children with him within two months of their relationship starting. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. 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? [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. [83] He also voiced the Propaganda Minister in the 2015 Square Enix video game Just Cause 3. 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. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. 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. [136] In November 2015, Tennant announced that they had recently had a daughter named Doris. "Ask Me Anything!" the title of the post read. The Doctor's face may be familiar, but this is a whole new incarnation, and he could be very different. [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . 'There's nothing better than growing old together. [2][3] He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston,[4] where his father was the local minister. [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. 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. 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. David Fisher/Shutterstock. 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. Georgia Moffett later became David Tennant's wife. He is a dog lover and owns a pet dog named Feud. [84][85] In autumn 2015, Tennant's name was announced for Scottish feature film I Feel Fine, a thriller set in Glasgow in the 1980s. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. 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. [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace.
Stella Tennant, model and designer, born 17 December 1970; died 22 December 2020. 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. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? 'And that's how I met Stella,' he recalled in an interview with the New York Times Magazine in 2011. [23] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders. 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. The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. He was an avid "Doctor Who" fan, and even met 4th . 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. [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. On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. The episode showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. 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. [133][134] At the age of two, Olive had a cameo as John Barrowman's daughter in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. 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. Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. . Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. 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 Hamlet, David Tennant, whose own RSC performance was a huge hit, meets other actors who have played the role - from the legendary David Warner in the 1960s to the recent Jude Law. I mean, what else is there really?'. [11] In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett's Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker. 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 . Tennant also returned for the final episode of the series with the rest of the participants from the other episodes in the series to take part in one final experiment. 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. She shot to fame after . [26] Writer Russell T Davies made the decision not to use Tennant's own Scottish accent for the character as he did not want the Doctor's accent "touring the regions", using Estuary English instead. 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. [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. They were then the money generator, though Tennant worked without demanding supermodel premiums just to get out of bed. [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. 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. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. Paris-born photographer Mr Lasnet previously described his wife as 'super-supportive' and credited her with improving his mental health after he suffered depression in his 20s. [87], In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. September 10, 1933. . 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. [122], Tennant rarely discusses his private life in interviews,[10] citing his belief that "relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public". DAVID Lasnet is the husband of the late model Stella Tennant. 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. Furthermore, Cecily Lasnet was born to her parents David Lasnet (Father) who is a French photographer, and Stella Tennant (Mother) who was a British model. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. 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 had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time. Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. They couple shared lunch after the shoot. In an Adventure with Scientists! , updated [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. [14], Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. [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. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. I had to give up eating,' she recalled. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. By
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. 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. When asked by Collider if there's ever been a television show he's watched and wished he was a part of, Tennant copped to being a huge fan . Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. [54][55] In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers . (2011), Ferdinand (2017), Final Space (20182021), gen:LOCK (2019present), the How to Train Your Dragon films (20102019), and as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (20172021). Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010. Her unconventional . In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model's family revealed that Tennant had been . Stella Tennant mother, model and David Lasnet's wife had come to pick us up from the train station, so the first time I saw David I was standing on the steps of their grand 18th-century house in the Scottish Borders, and he was waving from a tractor. British model Stella Tennant during Chanel's 1996-97 fall-winter . [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. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 .