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. [79] One advert was voluntarily withdrawn after a complaint lodged by BBC Worldwide, which believed that the advert broke the corporation's guidelines by featuring references to Doctor Who that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. 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. Her family confirmed the news to the PA news agency (via BBC . The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by Doctor Who's James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. 'Her family ask for their privacy to be respected. [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. [22] She continued to sculpt, and with her sister, a gilder, operated a luxury homewares company, Tennant & Tennant. [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. Stella Tennant was born on 17 December 1970 in London, England,[9][10] the youngest of three children to the Hon. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. 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. [113], In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. Death More from News. 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 . [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. [14][15] He is reported to have thought her reminiscent of Coco Chanel. 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. [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. All about Stella Tennant. [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. Model Stella Tennant dies aged 50. Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . RELATED: David Tennant's 10 Best Roles, Ranked (According to Rotten Tomatoes) Things . [23] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders. Totally Tennant. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the Scottish borders, where - between modelling jobs - Tennant grew her own vegetables and raised four children, Marcel, Cecily, Jasmine and Iris, now in their teens and . Early life. She replied 'not just yet'. He joined Franz Ferdinand onstage to play the guitar on their song "No You Girls" on a special Comic Relief edition of Top of the Pops. But Tennant at Chanel gave up grunge other than her Sam McKnight spiked coiffure. The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. They had been married for over two decades and were in the process of splitting. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. Biography, news, photos and videos . Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. He and their children survive her. Lambing and ewes, blood and guts and sex.. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in . [96][97][98], In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des, a three-part miniseries on ITV. In an Adventure with Scientists! 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. He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. [76], Between late January and March 2013, Tennant filmed The Escape Artist for BBC One in which he played a talented junior barrister who had yet to lose a case. Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . Topics. . [10] He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. 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. David Tennant's Time Lord also used up an extra regeneration to save himself in an episode called Journey's End. David loves surfing and skate boarding in his leisure time. David Fisher/Shutterstock. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment. England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. 'There's nothing better than growing old together. The English-language version of the film has dialogue written by Simon Pegg, who also starred in it as a main voice actor. 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. [118] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. LONDON (Reuters) - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. [23], Doctor Who returned to British screens in March 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. Unusually for a fashion star, Tennant stayed faithful to her home territory. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. 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. She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time. [18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). 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. . Tennant's family, including her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children . British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. David Tennant returned to Doctor Who last night as the 14th Doctor after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star . The three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. 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. 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. Stella Tennant, model, born 17 December 1970, died 22 December . The film is co-produced by Tennant's wife, Georgia, and had originally been due to co-star his father-in-law, Peter Davison; however, Davison withdrew from the film in October 2016 due to a scheduling clash. [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. From then on, everything got better.'. Secret Smile might just be one of David Tennant's most underappreciated projects to date. 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". September 28, 2020 - 09:33 BST Gemma Strong. While Tennant was first . "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. [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. Stella Tennant stepping down the aisle with French born David Lasnet in the small parish church of Oxnam / PA In 1993, aged 23, Mrs Tennant broke into modelling, posing for magazines such as . Cecily is the eldest of three sisters. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. 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. 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. [11], Tennant attended Saturday classes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before passing an official audition at age 16, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. ', '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 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. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. We will miss you forever Stella. He was voted the third best dressed man in Britain in GQ reader's poll for 2013. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. (Her farmer father offered to lead her round his bull pen.). However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. [10] His talent was noticed by actress Edith MacArthur, who told his parents that she believed he would become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform when he was 10 years old. [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]. [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. Their children's names are Cecily, Marcel Lasnet, Iris Lasnet, and Jasmine Lasnet. When his mother married Scottish actor David Tennant in 2011, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname. 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 . 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 . David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. Rest In Peace." In 1993, aged 23, Mrs Tennant broke into modelling, posing for magazines such as French, British and . 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. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. She found she had style, and just what that style was, wandering the hills in unsuitable footwear and smoking rebel cigarettes round the back of fathers barn. [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. 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.. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. 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The iconic supermodel rose to runway superstardom in the '90s serving as a muse for brands including Versace, Chanel and Alexander McQueen And it's very easy to destroy something. [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. [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. [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. 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. She has died suddenly, shortly after her 50th birthday. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse for many designers . Supermodel Stella Tennant 's family has confirmed her cause of death. [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. [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. Karl Lagerfeld offered her bigger money in 1996, to replace Claudia Schiffer as the face, and thinner body, of Chanel. They married on 30 December 2011,[126] and live in the Chiswick district of London. 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. LONDON - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. By Reuters. [88] Between March and June 2017 Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. [116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. [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. [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. [46][47] In November 2009, he co-hosted the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell for three consecutive days. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. 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. She was well liked, warm and friendly. 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. [99] For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. [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". Iris Lasnet was welcomed by David and Stella, in 2004. . Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . 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. [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. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to Doctor Who. The teenager from . 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 . He won the National Television Awards award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. I've even got my own TARDIS!" Stella Tennant - the iconic British model who was known for her blunt pixie haircut, androgynous features, commanding 5-foot-11 presence and piercing stare - changed the fashion industry by helping usher in an era of androgyny in the 1990s. 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. [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. [127][128] They have five children,[129][130] including actor Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. 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. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. Karl Lagerfeld. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. 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. 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. 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. 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 has also been a voice actor in The Pirates! The fashion designer attributed to her resemblance to Coco Chanel. In both audio productions, he worked alongside Nicholas Courtney, who reprised the character of Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. Fashion. She was the granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Deborah Mitford, the youngest of the Mitford sisters. Tennant in a Linton tweed overcoat and two-tone desert boots, raking her fingers through her choppy hair, was classic Chanel. [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. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. Her family said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020. [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. [83] He also voiced the Propaganda Minister in the 2015 Square Enix video game Just Cause 3. In television, he appeared in the first episode of Reeves and Mortimer's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. [13] Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract. [13] Steven Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue.