Tennant won VH1/Vogue Model of the Year Award in 2001, Model of the Year at the 2011 British Fashion Awards and the Contribution to British Fashion award at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year 2016 awards; she was also inducted into the Scottish Fashion Awards Hall of Fame as Model of the Year in 2012. It was love at first sight, she recalled. News of her death was confirmed only months after their split and just five days after her 50th birthday. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. The pair married in 1999 at the local church in Oxnam, Scotland - Stella's hometown. 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. [110], Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian. The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . 'And that's how I met Stella,' he recalled in an interview with the New York Times Magazine in 2011. While Tennant was first . He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists. She was the granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Deborah Mitford, the youngest of the Mitford sisters. The film was released in September 2014. I saw her recently out on her horse, and we had a good chat. [3] 'David was sitting opposite me. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse . Lambing and ewes, blood and guts and sex.. 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. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. In television, he appeared in the first episode of Reeves and Mortimer's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. [24], Tennant died on 22 December 2020, aged 50,[17][25] in Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland. In December 2008, he was named as one of the most influential people in show business by British theatre and entertainment magazine The Stage, making him the fifth actor to achieve a ranking in the top 20 (in a list typically dominated by producers and directors). Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. . David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. 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. 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. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. [32], In October 2015, Big Finish Productions announced that Tennant would return to the role of the Tenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as his former companion Donna Noble in three new stories from Big Finish. Her unconventional . Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. The fashion designer attributed to her resemblance to Coco Chanel. [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. [116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull. David Tennant 's wife Georgia has taken to Instagram with a very sweet snapshot of her family. 'Stella taught me English'. Karl Lagerfeld. He played the title role in Big Finish's adaptation of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (2005). Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. [107][108], Tennant was named "Coolest Man on TV" of 2007 in a Radio Times survey. ", which aired on 9 June 2007. December 23, 2020, 9:38 AM. 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. Is Stella Tennant related to Colin Tennant? Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers . [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. RELATED ARTICLES. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. 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. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? December 23, 2020. Karl Lagerfeld named Tennant the face of Chanel in 1996, and she was cited by several designers as their . [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. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. 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. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. . She made a video and became one of the faces of its campaign titled Turn Up the Style, Turn Down the Heat. Moreover, Cecily Lasnet is not on social media platforms including Instagram and Twitter. This drama series shot in Poland is an adaptation of Alan Furst's novel The Spies of Warsaw. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. [57], In 2011, he starred in United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster, playing coach and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy. 'I'm not really pursuing my modelling in the same way. Cecily is the eldest of three sisters. . [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. [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. 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). 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. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. Her family confirmed the news to the PA news agency (via BBC . [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. Early life. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. 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. 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. 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. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". 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. RELATED: David Tennant's 10 Best Roles, Ranked (According to Rotten Tomatoes) Things . British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. [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. 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. 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. 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. 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. Stella's mother was Lady Emma Cavendish, daughter of Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire, whose seat is the famous Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . Murdaugh is heckled as he leaves court, Ken Bruce finishes his 30-year tenure as host of BBC Radio 2, Ukrainian soldier takes out five tanks with Javelin missiles, Family of a 10-month-old baby filmed vaping open up, Missing hiker buried under snow forces arm out to wave to helicopter, Hershey's Canada releases HER for SHE bars featuring a trans activist, Moment teenager crashes into back of lorry after 100mph police race. 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 . Born in London on 1970, Tennant was known for her androgynous sultry looks and aristocratic heritage. 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 . She was a second cousin of artist Daphne Guinness, through their great-grandparents, Sydney and David . After Stella Tennant's sudden death at the age of 50, fashion designers and photographers paid tribute to the iconic model on social media. [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. [23] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders. I mean, what else is there really?'. 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. 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 attended Arts Educational Schools (ArtsEd) for . [45] The pilot was not picked up and the project was shelved. [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. 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. [16] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Herms, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry. [60][61] He played dual roles: the main character, put-upon teacher Mr. Peterson, and his "golden boy" twin brother and rival. [51] He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. [10] He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. Between January and May 2014, Tennant also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch, re-titled Gracepoint. Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . Tennant's family, including her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children . 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 . The three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. Tennant was invited to set for a photoshoot with Testino in New York and the pair hit it off. The play follows the story of two sisters, Blanche and Stella, and Stella's husband Stanley. [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). David loves surfing and skate boarding in his leisure time. Lasnet recalled that his mental health also contributed to the realtionship getting off to a rocky start. [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. 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. But Tennant at Chanel gave up grunge other than her Sam McKnight spiked coiffure. Tennant was born Ty Peter Martin-Moffett at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the White City area of West London to then 17-year-old actress Georgia Moffett and grew up in Chiswick. Elle est ne Londres, au Royaume-Uni. Tobias Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and his wife, Lady Emma Cavendish. Over the years she appeared in advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Herms and Burberry. The aristocratic supermodel - famed for her androgynous punk style - was found dead at their home on the Scottish borders this week. He won the National Television Awards award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. (Her farmer father offered to lead her round his bull pen.). 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. 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. [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. 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. All 13 episodes were released on 20 November 2015.[82]. (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). Totally Tennant. 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. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. David lasnet and aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant married in 1999 in Oxnam, a town on the Scottish borders. Tennant, the . (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.) 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'. [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. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. [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. 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. 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. Related Topics. Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. The couple married in 1999 Credit: PA:Press . Jessica Jones for Netflix", "David Tennant sets Radio 4 Just a Minute record", "Did you know David Tennant was in Just Cause 3? He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010, and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". 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. [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. . Antonia Paget For Mailonline [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). [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. By [8][26], In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. I was so nervous that the rice kept falling off my fork. They had been married for over two decades and were in the process of splitting. 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. His first such role was in the Seventh Doctor audio Colditz, where he played a Nazi lieutenant guard at Colditz Castle. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. But that was the only thing that gave the impression she wasnt completely happy.. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". [96][97][98], In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part miniseries on ITV. They were then the money generator, though Tennant worked without demanding supermodel premiums just to get out of bed. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . By Liam Hess. He played Alan, a self-made building site manager who attempted to rebuild his life after suffering a debilitating brain injury. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. 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. 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. [113], In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. [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. [6], She died suddenly on 22 December 2020 shortly after her 50th birthday. 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 . [80] He is the narrator on Xbox One video game Kinect Sports Rivals, released in 2014. The teenager from . Stella Tennant - a life in pictures The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. The episode showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. The very opposite of a social butterfly, quite unstarry, and all the more popular in the community for it, one of them said yesterday. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. Her famil. I've even got my own TARDIS!" Blanche hides the fact she has lost her job and slowly develops a mental break with reality and comes . Her family said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020. [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. [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. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. The Doctor's face may be familiar, but this is a whole new incarnation, and he could be very different. The pair split in August Stella Tennant died this week just weeks after her 50th . 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? 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. 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 early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. 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. 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. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. The couple's daughter Olive was born in 2011. DAVID Lasnet is the husband of the late model Stella Tennant. 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). Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. October 24, 2022 12:46am. [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. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. Tennant in a Linton tweed overcoat and two-tone desert boots, raking her fingers through her choppy hair, was classic Chanel. 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. Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to . 'There's nothing better than growing old together. [63] Between April and June, he filmed Spies of Warsaw for BBC Four, in the lead role of Jean-Franois Mercier. She replied 'not just yet'. David Lasnet is a French photographer while Stella Tennant was a British model. 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.
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