I had to give up eating,' she recalled. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. [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. She made a video and became one of the faces of its campaign titled Turn Up the Style, Turn Down the Heat. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". Stella Tennant was born on 17 December 1970 in London, England,[9][10] the youngest of three children to the Hon. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. [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. "Omg, David Tennant back as the doctor, best regeneration ever," one person wrote on Twitter. 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. The photographer, who is now trilingual, said:'I went through a period of depression from the age of 18 to 20-something. Between January and May 2014, Tennant also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch, re-titled Gracepoint. [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. 'I'm not really pursuing my modelling in the same way. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. They couple shared lunch after the shoot. The cast also included Charlotte Randle (Dawn), with Dominic Rowan (Bill), and Gary McDonald (William), and was again directed by Mark Brokaw. [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. 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LONDON - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. 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. [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. When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? [18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). [54][55] In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. 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. [99] For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor. She was raised on a sheep farm on the Scottish Borders. [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). 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. [45] The pilot was not picked up and the project was shelved. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. [77] Tennant starred opposite Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly in What We Did on Our Holiday, a semi-improvised comedy film; shooting took place from 17 June to 30 July 2013 in Scotland. 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. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. Early life. 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. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in The Guardian newspaper. Tennant, who maintained her fashionable edge throughout her lengthy career in the industry, died by suicide on December 22, 2020, at the age of 50. On 9 February 2015, Tennant appeared on the Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, becoming the show's most successful debut contestant. 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. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. "Its that . David's career began in theater and small TV roles. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . The film was released in December 2009. She replied 'not just yet'. [1] His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mrs Tennant also appeared in numerous advertising campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Chanel, Hermes, and Burberry before retiring in 1998 as she was pregnant with her first child. [11] In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett's Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker. (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). Stella Tennant was a Scottish-English model and fashion designer. The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . From then on, everything got better.'. 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. He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010, and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". [68], In January 2012, Tennant was appointed to the Royal Shakespeare Company board, to be on the selection committee interviewing and choosing the new artistic director. 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 . [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in . 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. The three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. 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. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . She liked the small, close teams of the 90s, and learning at fittings about clothing crafts. 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. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . ", which aired on 9 June 2007. [27] She also supported initiatives aimed at reducing fashion's effect on the environment,[17] including Oxfam's "Second Hand September". Blanche hides the fact she has lost her job and slowly develops a mental break with reality and comes . [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. [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". [58] In September 2011, he appeared in a guest role in one episode of the comedy series This is Jinsy, and also started filming True Love, a semi-improvised BBC One drama series, on location in Margate, Kent; the series aired in June 2012. 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. And it's very easy to destroy something. The aristocratic supermodel - famed for her androgynous punk style - was found dead at their home on the Scottish borders this week. 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. [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. She came from a completely different background and was super-supportive of me always. But that was the only thing that gave the impression she wasnt completely happy.. Stella Tennant, a British supermodel who rose to fame in the '90s, has died days after her 50th birthday. 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. [25], Tennant has expressed enthusiasm about fulfilling his childhood dream. [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. [5], In 2016, she co-designed a collection with Lady Isabel Cawdor for the Chanel owned London-based brand, Holland & Holland, she also ran Tennant & Son, a line of hand-knitted cashmeres and a luxury homewares company with her sister. 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 . [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. [114] In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". Catwalk icon's career in pictures. David loves surfing and skate boarding in his leisure time. 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. [137] In 2019, they had another daughter named Birdie. McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (20052010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. Her family confirmed the news to the PA news agency (via BBC . Stella Tennant and David Lasnet married at a parish church in the Scottish Borders in 1999 Credit: PA . In August, it emerged that Stella had quietly separated from her husband some 21 years. Tennant, the . Georgia Moffett later became David Tennant's wife. Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. [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. [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. Tennant was more interested in art at the time, not terribly taken with modeling. [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). In this May 22, 1999 file photo, Stella Tennant with French born David Lasnet on their wedding day in Oxnam, on the Scottish Borders. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on Tuesday at the age of 50. Scotland . "Ask Me Anything!" the title of the post read. . At the time, the cause of death was unknown, but it is believed that Stella and her photographer husband David Lasnet had split. December 23, 2020, 9:38 AM. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. 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The couple married in 1999 Credit: PA:Press . The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. [83] He also voiced the Propaganda Minister in the 2015 Square Enix video game Just Cause 3. 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. [87], In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. 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. [102] The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. He has also been a voice actor in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! [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.

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