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The BBC has confirmed David Tennant is the Fourteenth Doctor, which makes sense given he has now succeeded Whittaker. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. Tennant emerged as a top model in the 1990s and her career spanned nearly three decades. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to . Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists. She replied 'not just yet'. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. DAVID Lasnet is the husband of the late model Stella Tennant. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. This drama series shot in Poland is an adaptation of Alan Furst's novel The Spies of Warsaw. 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. 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 . Stella Tennant modelling in Paris in 2003. The Doctor's face may be familiar, but this is a whole new incarnation, and he could be very different. [10] He also starred in the 2003 London production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman. 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. [90], Tennant played psychopathic villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin. 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. [95], Tennant stars as a doctor suspected of murdering his family in Deadwater Fell, a Scottish true crime miniseries, which premiered in January 2020 on Channel 4. [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. Tennant split from her husband of two decades, earlier this year. (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). [66][67] Tennant also presented the new comedy quiz show Comedy World Cup, in 2012 which ran on Saturday nights for seven episodes. Tennant was awarded his first major TV role as Campbell Bain in the BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), after impressing director David Blair during filming of another drama Strathblair (1992). Tennant with David Lasnet on their wedding day in 1999 Stella McCartney, Victoria Beckham and fellow model Naomi Campbell were among those to pay tribute after her death was announced last month. Tennant, who lived in Duns, a town in the Scottish borders, died on 22 December . [49] On 7 March 2010, he also appeared as George in a one-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Of Mice and Men in the Classic Serial strand. [54][55] In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. . [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. [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. 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, 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. 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. (2011), Ferdinand (2017), Final Space (20182021), gen:LOCK (2019present), the How to Train Your Dragon films (20102019), and as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (20172021). A friend arranged for Tennant to send passport pictures to an assistant at British Vogue, Plum Sykes, then working with the stylist Isabella Blow on a shoot called Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, with the US grunge look modelled by some ruined-looking English roses. [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. The couple's daughter Olive was born in 2011. Read more. 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 . Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. 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 . [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. She came from a completely different background and was super-supportive of me always. Much Ado About Nothing (Production) by William Shakespeare . David Fisher/Shutterstock. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers . David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. [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. David Tennant returned to Doctor Who last night as the 14th Doctor after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star . [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. 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? [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. Mark Gatiss, Trevor Hampton, David Tennant, Alison Willett (2005). Jessica Jones for Netflix", "David Tennant sets Radio 4 Just a Minute record", "Did you know David Tennant was in Just Cause 3? [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. [88] Between March and June 2017 Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. . [23] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders. Her parents ran a farm at Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders, where, like older brother Eddy and sister Isabel, she went to the local primary before being sent to St Leonards school in St Andrews. [35][36] Previously thought to be returning as the Tenth Doctor, in October 2022, the ending of the special episode "The Power of the Doctor" revealed that Tennant would return as the Fourteenth Doctor, a role previously thought to be played by Ncuti Gatwa, who would follow on as the Fifteenth Doctor instead. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. At the time, the cause of death was unknown, but it is believed that Stella and her photographer husband David Lasnet had split. 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. What was David Tennant last episode of Doctor Who called? [133][134] At the age of two, Olive had a cameo as John Barrowman's daughter in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. He played Alan, a self-made building site manager who attempted to rebuild his life after suffering a debilitating brain injury. 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. 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. 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 . The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. Karl Lagerfeld. The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. The teenager from . When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010, and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse for many designers . [48] He returned to cohost the show for one day in October 2010. I had to give up eating,' she recalled. The play follows the story of two sisters, Blanche and Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. I mean, what else is there really?'. Couple David and Stella were blessed with four children. Tennant was married to photographer David Lasnet for . It was love at first sight, she recalled. [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. 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]. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. He's a real screamer!". Her family announced Tennant's death in a statement to The Guardian on Wednesday. "[101], In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man, which was written by Steven Moffat. He was voted the third best dressed man in Britain in GQ reader's poll for 2013. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. 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. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. Stella met David while at the height of her fame, when he was a dashing French photographer assigned to a New York shoot with her. At the time, Tennant herself was a graduate in sculpture from Winchester School of Art, who, realising she did not have enough to say to become an artist, had tried and failed to monetise her near 6ft height and remarkable bones in modelling. ', '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.'. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. Stella Tennant splits . Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. 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. In early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. 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. "Omg, David Tennant back as the doctor, best regeneration ever," one person wrote on Twitter. [16][17] She also modelled frequently for other influential fashion photographers of the 1990s, including Mario Testino, David Sims and Mark Borthwick. 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. [25], Tennant has expressed enthusiasm about fulfilling his childhood dream. 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. The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. 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. She later returned to the runway and worked on several campaigns behind the camera. I've even got my own TARDIS!" The unexpected next big things turned out to be very particularly British: bad-waif Kate Moss, and cool aristo Stella Tennant, who arrived on the pages of British Vogue in 1993. September 28, 2020 - 09:33 BST Gemma Strong. The film was released in December 2009. 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. [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. 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. [24], Tennant died on 22 December 2020, aged 50,[17][25] in Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland. In one of her final interviews, Stella said she was delighted to be growing old gracefully, joking that - at her husband's request - she had even stopped dyeing her greying hair. . 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". [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. The film was released in September 2014. Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. [39], On 25 February 2007, Tennant starred in Recovery, a 90-minute BBC One drama written by Tony Marchant. Secret Smile might just be one of David Tennant's most underappreciated projects to date. He won the National Television Awards award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. If it wants to pursue me, that's a different thing, but me as I am. I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. FILE In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. 2. 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. [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. 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. 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. 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 an Adventure with Scientists! Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. [117], Tennant is a supporter of the Labour Party and appeared in a party political broadcast for them in 2005. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. 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. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. Related profiles. Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.'. She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . Growing up on a farm kept her grounded, she said. 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. By Max Goldbart. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . They had been married for over two decades and were in the process of splitting. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in . The episode showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. [3] [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. [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. Her family confirmed the news to the PA news agency (via BBC . [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. 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. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. She shot to fame after . [3] She worked for haute couture names like Valentino, and Dior by John Galliano and with photographers Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, and Tim Walker. BBC Two. Stella Tennant, model, born 17 December 1970, died 22 December . Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. [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. In August, it emerged that Stella had quietly separated from her husband some 21 years. 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. [1] His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment. "Ask Me Anything!" the title of the post read. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. 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. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. [30] He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. 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. They had four children together. [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". [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 He made the coments in a candid interview about their marriage nine years before her death. December 23, 2020. 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.