Iris Lasnet was welcomed by David and Stella, in 2004. . 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. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. [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. He was voted the third best dressed man in Britain in GQ reader's poll for 2013. [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to . All about 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. Tennant has gone on record as saying that, contrary to tabloids reports, he was not upset at not being able to play the role in his own accent and in fact had never wanted to. 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. 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. 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. 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. Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. Stella Tennant and David Lasnet at their wedding in 1999 Credit: David Cheskin/PA Only days before she died, Tennant had turned 50, and clearly middle age can be a dangerous time. And it's very easy to destroy something. Karl Lagerfeld. He played Alan, a self-made building site manager who attempted to rebuild his life after suffering a debilitating brain injury. 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. [117], Tennant is a supporter of the Labour Party and appeared in a party political broadcast for them in 2005. Tennant's family, including her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children . Stella Tennant Enfants.Stella Tennant est ne le 17 dcembre 1970. 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. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. The cast also included Charlotte Randle (Dawn), with Dominic Rowan (Bill), and Gary McDonald (William), and was again directed by Mark Brokaw. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . 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 . Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. British supermodel Stella Tennant took her own life after being "unwell for some time", her family have confirmed. Three years ago, Tennant decided to go on Reddit to allow fans to ask him whatever they wanted. Over the years she appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Herms and Burberry. 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 . 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. [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. [52] From August to November 2008 he appeared at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as Hamlet, playing that role in repertory with Berowne that October and November. I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. [4] He later said that he was "absurdly single-minded" in pursuing an acting career. 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). The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . She had had a unique look since childhood chopped her own black hair urchin-tousled, flaunted the punk clothes her older sister forwarded from London and wore a nose ring. On 9 February 2015, Tennant appeared on the Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, becoming the show's most successful debut contestant. Lagerfeld had shrewdly seen in her a resemblance to the young Coco Chanel, who wore actual mens clothes for sports and larks, underplaying her femininity. 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. 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". 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. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. [127][128] They have five children,[129][130] including actor Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. 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 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. 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. 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. It was love at first sight, she recalled. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. . Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. He was open and up for it, and I got a good reaction. 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. 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. They couple shared lunch after the shoot. [80] He is the narrator on Xbox One video game Kinect Sports Rivals, released in 2014. [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. [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. [116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. 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. 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. Not originally cast in the production, Tennant was recording a radio play in a neighbouring studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door convinced the director to give him a small role. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. The stories feature current and previous Doctor Who actors, including Strax actor Dan Starkey, former Davros actor Terry Molloy, and many veterans of Big Finish, including Niky Wardley, who portrayed Eighth Doctor companion Tamsin. He 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. [63] Between April and June, he filmed Spies of Warsaw for BBC Four, in the lead role of Jean-Franois Mercier. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 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 . 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. British model Stella Tennant during Chanel's 1996-97 fall-winter . The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. Following news of the model's death on Wednesday morning, the global editorial director of Vogue and Cond Nast's worldwide chief content officer shared a moving tribute about the late star in a statement to PEOPLE. She replied 'not just yet'. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse for many designers . For the last decade, she devoted most of her time looking after her four children and promoting sustainable causes. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. Tennant, 50, was found dead on December 22. [18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). 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. [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. 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 Much Ado About Nothing (Production) by William Shakespeare . 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 . [6], She died suddenly on 22 December 2020 shortly after her 50th birthday. (2011), Ferdinand (2017), Final Space (20182021), gen:LOCK (2019present), the How to Train Your Dragon films (20102019), and as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (20172021). [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. 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. He and their children survive her. David lasnet and aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant married in 1999 in Oxnam, a town on the Scottish borders. Born in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage. [38], While playing the Doctor, Tennant was also in the early December 2005 ITV drama Secret Smile. [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. Their relationship appeared idyllic, and they built a happy home in their countryside estate on the Scottish borders. [96][97][98], In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part miniseries on ITV. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. David Tennant surprised Doctor Who fans as he reprised his role as the Time Lord - with the actor set to star in three special episodes before handing over control of the Tardis next Christmas. 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. [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. 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]. [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. 'David was sitting opposite me. She was the granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Deborah Mitford, the youngest of the Mitford sisters. Her family announced Tennant's death in a statement to The Guardian on Wednesday. [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. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. Stella Tennant, a British supermodel who rose to fame in the '90s, has died days after her 50th birthday. 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. By RELATED: David Tennant's 10 Best Roles, Ranked (According to Rotten Tomatoes) Things . [113], In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. (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.) When his mother married Scottish actor David Tennant in 2011, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname. ', 'When we moved here, Stella's mom watched me cutting down trees and said: 'Yeah, it takes 10 minutes to chop down a tree and 10 years to see it grow.'. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. [111] Tennant's popularity has led to impersonations of him on various social networking sites, leading the BBC to issue a statement making it clear that Tennant does not use any of these sites and any account or message purporting to be from him is fake. He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. David Tennant is dying to work with Aaron Sorkin. [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. [10] He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. Tennant, the . 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 . For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. Fashion. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. He later performed alongside Davison's daughter, Georgia Moffett (as "Jenny") in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter". [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. She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . He also starred as the Doctor in another animated six-part Doctor Who series, Dreamland. [124], Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Moffett, making him the son-in-law of actress Sandra Dickinson and Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison. David Lasnet is a French photographer while Stella Tennant was a British model. He watched almost every Doctor Who episode for years and once spoke to Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker at a book-signing event in Glasgow. By Max Goldbart. 'And that's how I met Stella,' he recalled in an interview with the New York Times Magazine in 2011. 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. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer as cases set . In early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. [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. [114] In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". [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. Mark Gatiss, Trevor Hampton, David Tennant, Alison Willett (2005). However, he was pleased to be able to use his own accent in one episode, when the Doctor briefly masquerades as "Dr. James McCrimmon" of Edinburgh in Tooth and Claw a nod to the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon. Karl Lagerfeld offered her bigger money in 1996, to replace Claudia Schiffer as the face, and thinner body, of Chanel. [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. [48] He returned to cohost the show for one day in October 2010. (Her farmer father offered to lead her round his bull pen.). Then David and I decided we wanted to have a family." She married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999 and had four children. [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. [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. [8][26], In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? September 28, 2020 - 09:33 BST Gemma Strong. Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death.