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. When his mother married Scottish actor David Tennant in 2011, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname. 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. [51] He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. But Tennant at Chanel gave up grunge other than her Sam McKnight spiked coiffure. Tennant, the . [8][26], In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. Moreover, Cecily Lasnet is not on social media platforms including Instagram and Twitter. He won the National Television Awards award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. 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Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 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. BBC Two. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. [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. [12], In 1993, Tennant sent photographs of herself to a high fashion magazine, and a friend introduced her to fashion writer Plum Sykes (Victoria Rowland). Tennant was married to photographer David Lasnet for . In television, he appeared in the first episode of Reeves and Mortimer's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. [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. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . [10] He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. 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. 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 . Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . He and their children survive her. 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. All about Stella Tennant. Tennant in a Linton tweed overcoat and two-tone desert boots, raking her fingers through her choppy hair, was classic Chanel. 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 . 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. [4] He later said that he was "absurdly single-minded" in pursuing an acting career. [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on Tuesday at the age of 50. [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. 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. [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. By [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. Biography, news, photos and videos . 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. He appeared in the paper's annual media rankings in 2006. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. 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. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. In November 2017, three new audio dramas were released by Big Finish Productions with Tennant once again starring as the Tenth Doctor, alongside Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. 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. 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. 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. [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. Fashion. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. 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. . [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. 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. Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab. [135] In 2013, Tennant and Moffett had a son named Wilfred. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment. Karl Lagerfeld. By Reuters. The three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. 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. Tobias William Tennant. Tobias Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and his wife, Lady Emma Cavendish. [4] He was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School and acted in various school productions. The couple's daughter Olive was born in 2011. In both audio productions, he worked alongside Nicholas Courtney, who reprised the character of Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. 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. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. 13. RELATED: David Tennant's 10 Best Roles, Ranked (According to Rotten Tomatoes) Things . From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". 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]. If it wants to pursue me, that's a different thing, but me as I am. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. [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. David Lasnet is a French photographer while Stella Tennant was a British model. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. [23], Doctor Who returned to British screens in March 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. [90], Tennant played psychopathic villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin. The podcast's episodes feature Olivia Colman, Whoopi Goldberg, Jodie Whittaker, Ian McKellen, Jon Hamm, Gordon Brown, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Tate, Krysten Ritter, James Corden, Samantha Bee, Tina Fey, and Michael Sheen. 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. Although the circumstances of her death are unknown, it was claimed that the model was concerned about the impact of Covid on the fashion industry and had concerns she would not work again. 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 . In January 2006, he took a one-day break from shooting Doctor Who to play Richard Hoggart in a dramatisation of the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial, The Chatterley Affair. The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot directed by Peter Davison. [7] Her family announced the following month that she had died by suicide after being unwell for a prolonged period of time.[8]. (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.) [137] In 2019, they had another daughter named Birdie. 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. 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. Much Ado About Nothing (Production) by William Shakespeare . [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. 'David was sitting opposite me. [14], Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. Later, at 10 years old, she made her debut in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast. Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. Death More from News. [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. "[101], In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man, which was written by Steven Moffat. [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. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? He was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero. [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. The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. [34] Tennant also returned to the role on 13 July 2018, as part of the live Muppets show The Muppets Take the O2 in London (in which the Tenth Doctor appeared onstage as part of a live Pigs in Space sketch). The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. Stella Tennant splits . From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers . When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? [87], In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. She came from a completely . 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 was love at first sight, she recalled. He made the coments in a candid interview about their marriage nine years before her death. 'The first six months were very dampened by our capacity to communicate with each other,' he said previously. LONDON Stella Tennant took her own life last month, . . Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. She will be greatly missed. 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. In this May 22, 1999 photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. Although the casting was not officially announced until later in April,[24] both castmates and crew became aware of the speculation surrounding Tennant; in the live broadcast Jason Flemyng (Quatermass) changed his first line to Tennant's Dr. Briscoe from "Good to have you back, Gordon" to "Good to have you back, Doctor" as a deliberate reference. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse . [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. She has died suddenly, shortly after her 50th birthday. 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. [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. He's a real screamer!". Tennant was more interested in art at the time, not terribly taken with modeling. Anna Wintour is mourning the loss of fashion industry icon Stella Tennant. [27] She also supported initiatives aimed at reducing fashion's effect on the environment,[17] including Oxfam's "Second Hand September". [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. The film was released in December 2009. [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. By Liam Hess. 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. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. 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. Jessica Jones for Netflix", "David Tennant sets Radio 4 Just a Minute record", "Did you know David Tennant was in Just Cause 3? 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. 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. Answer: Stella Tennant: Model Dies Days After 50th Birthday English model Stella Tennant has passed on at 50 years old, her family have said. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. 'Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. 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 . Related Topics. David loves surfing and skate boarding in his leisure time. McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull. 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. 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 death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. [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. [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. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model . In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. 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. [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. He was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. He has subsequently appeared with Weir in many productions: as a guest in her spoof television series Posh Nosh, in the Doctor Who audio drama Exile (during which Weir played an alternative version of the Doctor), and as panellists on the West Wing Ultimate Quiz on More4 (Weir later guest-starred on Doctor Who itself after Tennant left the series). He played the title role in Big Finish's adaptation of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (2005). Totally Tennant. LONDON (Reuters) - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. 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. 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. Stella Tennant, a British supermodel who rose to fame in the '90s, has died days after her 50th birthday. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . Tennant hoped for six months profitable work she was candid about being in modelling for the money, earned by her attitudinous slouch, unseductive catwalk locomotion, free-ranging elbows and a resting face not meant to ingratiate. The fashion designer attributed to her resemblance to Coco Chanel. ", which aired on 9 June 2007. [102] The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. The very opposite of a social butterfly, quite unstarry, and all the more popular in the community for it, one of them said yesterday. Growing up on a farm kept her grounded, she said. 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. Her family announced Tennant's death in a statement to The Guardian on Wednesday. [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. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . UNIT: The Wasting, was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. 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 . Ki Price/Getty Images. He is student Cody Tennant, still just 19, who three years ago launched a legal bid to challenge his eccentric grandfather Lord Glenconner's will in the High Court of St Lucia. In an Adventure with Scientists! Tennant had a cameo appearance as the Doctor in the 2007 finale episode of the BBC/HBO comedy series Extras with Ricky Gervais. NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer as cases set . Stella Tennant modelling in Paris in 2003. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. [4] At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she was one of the British supermodels, with models Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, walking the runway in the closing ceremony. [96][97][98], In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part miniseries on ITV. 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.
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