[116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. Tennant's performance of Hamlet was critically acclaimed. . David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. [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 three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. Much Ado About Nothing (Production) by William Shakespeare . She was always Scottish first, born the youngest child of Tobias Tennant of the Glenconner family, which had made its fortune developing bleach for cotton cloth, and Lady Emma Cavendish, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (born Deborah Mitford). [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. [11] Priya Elan, writing in her Guardian obituary, credits her, together with Kate Moss and Erin O'Connor, with having "introduced an era of androgyny on the catwalk". [83] He also voiced the Propaganda Minister in the 2015 Square Enix video game Just Cause 3. Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in The Guardian newspaper. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. Related Topics. [10] Hamlet transferred to the Novello Theatre in London's West End in December 2008, but Tennant suffered a prolapsed disc during previews and was unable to perform from 8 December 2008 until 2 January 2009, during which time the role was played by his understudy Edward Bennett. Her family confirmed the news to the PA news agency (via BBC . October 24, 2022 12:46am. (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.) Tennant's family, including her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children . Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Couple David and Stella were blessed with four children. [39], On 25 February 2007, Tennant starred in Recovery, a 90-minute BBC One drama written by Tony Marchant. Tennant, 50, was found dead on December 22. 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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. By 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 leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. 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. 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. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". [20] The UK premire was staged at the Donmar Warehouse, in previews on April 4, opening April 10 and closing on May 4, 2002. 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. 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. . She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. [133][134] At the age of two, Olive had a cameo as John Barrowman's daughter in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. Blanche hides the fact she has lost her job and slowly develops a mental break with reality and comes . [10] After discovering that there was another David McDonald already represented by the actor's union Equity, he created his stage name by adopting the surname of Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant, whom he had seen in Smash Hits magazine while deciding on a new name. [64] Tennant auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter in NBC's Hannibal; he was narrowly beaten for the part by Mads Mikkelsen. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. "Its that . [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. By Max Goldbart. 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. All about Stella Tennant. [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. 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 offered her bigger money in 1996, to replace Claudia Schiffer as the face, and thinner body, of Chanel. [87], In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. [8][26], In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. [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. Iris Lasnet was welcomed by David and Stella, in 2004. . In early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. In both audio productions, he worked alongside Nicholas Courtney, who reprised the character of Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. Karl Lagerfeld named Tennant the face of Chanel in 1996, and she was cited by several designers as their . His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. 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. [90], Tennant played psychopathic villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin. UNIT: The Wasting, was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. We do not have the related information on Cecily Lasnet's boyfriend and her dating life. 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". [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. Stella Tennant, a British supermodel who rose to fame in the '90s, has died days after her 50th birthday. 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'. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. LONDON (Reuters) - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. 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). 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. [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. [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. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. [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]. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. [24], Tennant died on 22 December 2020, aged 50,[17][25] in Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. 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. 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. [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). (Her farmer father offered to lead her round his bull pen.). "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. NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer as cases set . 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. The BBC has confirmed David Tennant is the Fourteenth Doctor, which makes sense given he has now succeeded Whittaker. 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. Stella Tennant splits . 'And that's how I met Stella,' he recalled in an interview with the New York Times Magazine in 2011. [51] He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. Their relationship appeared idyllic, and they built a happy home in their countryside estate on the Scottish borders. 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. She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. 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. [107][108], Tennant was named "Coolest Man on TV" of 2007 in a Radio Times survey. When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? [46][47] In November 2009, he co-hosted the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell for three consecutive days. [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. 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. Lambing and ewes, blood and guts and sex.. Tennant attended Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd) for . December 23, 2020. Stella was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the daughter of Lady Emma Cavendish and The Hon. [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. Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. She came from a completely different background and was super-supportive of me always. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse for many designers . 'David was sitting opposite me. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. Mrs Tennant was the granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire and Deborah Mitford, one of the well-known aristocratic siblings, who died in 2014. 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 . [88] Between March and June 2017 Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. The aristocratic supermodel - famed for her androgynous punk style - was found dead at their home on the Scottish borders this week. Rest In Peace." In 1993, aged 23, Mrs Tennant broke into modelling, posing for magazines such as French, British and . And it's very easy to destroy something. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. Born in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage. 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. He also starred as the Doctor in another animated six-part Doctor Who series, Dreamland. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock. . Lasnet asked Stella to have children with him within two months of their relationship starting. (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). [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. Scotland . 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. When his mother married Scottish actor David Tennant in 2011, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname. 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. In an Adventure with Scientists! And indeed, Tennant took the time to quench fans . [16] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Herms, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry. Topics. He played Alan, a self-made building site manager who attempted to rebuild his life after suffering a debilitating brain injury. 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]. Tobias Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and his wife, Lady Emma Cavendish. Cecily is the eldest of three sisters. [13] Steven Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue. 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. 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. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. [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. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. BBC Two. He's a real screamer!". The pair married in 1999 at the local church in Oxnam, Scotland - Stella's hometown. [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders. In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model's family revealed that Tennant had been . [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. The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot directed by Peter Davison. She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. [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. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . 13. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. Related profiles. 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.. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers . Biography, news, photos and videos . The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . All 13 episodes were released on 20 November 2015.[82]. 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". . When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years[10] and became godfather to her youngest child. Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. From October 2009, he hosted the Masterpiece Contemporary programming strand on the American Public Broadcasting Service. In this May 22, 1999 photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. [1] His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. [54][55] In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. 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? At the time, the cause of death was unknown, but it is believed that Stella and her photographer husband David Lasnet had split. David Tennant is dying to work with Aaron Sorkin. [99] For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor. [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). After Stella Tennant's sudden death at the age of 50, fashion designers and photographers paid tribute to the iconic model on social media. For the last decade, she devoted most of her time looking after her four children and promoting sustainable causes. The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. 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. [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. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. [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. 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. Stella Tennant and David Lasnet married at a parish church in the Scottish Borders in 1999 Credit: PA . RELATED: David Tennant's 10 Best Roles, Ranked (According to Rotten Tomatoes) Things . Is Stella Tennant related to Colin Tennant? David lasnet and aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant married in 1999 in Oxnam, a town on the Scottish borders. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . Her family said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020. She has died suddenly, shortly after her 50th birthday. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. 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). RELATED ARTICLES. [131][132] Ty has acted in the film Tolkien and the 2019 television adaptation of War of the Worlds. 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 . [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. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. LONDON - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50.
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