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. Tennant had a cameo appearance as the Doctor in the 2007 finale episode of the BBC/HBO comedy series Extras with Ricky Gervais. [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. [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. Stella Tennant, Aristocratic British Model, Is Dead at 50 [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. [10] He also starred in the 2003 London production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman. He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010, and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. The cast also included Charlotte Randle (Dawn), with Dominic Rowan (Bill), and Gary McDonald (William), and was again directed by Mark Brokaw. [16], Tennant appeared on fashion catwalks for Shiatzy Chen, Bill Blass, Dior and Chanel. Growing up on a farm kept her grounded, she said. 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. ", which aired on 9 June 2007. Mark Gatiss, Trevor Hampton, David Tennant, Alison Willett (2005). 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. [63] Between April and June, he filmed Spies of Warsaw for BBC Four, in the lead role of Jean-Franois Mercier. Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. [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. 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. 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. Supermodel Stella Tennant dies suddenly aged 50 | Reuters She was always Scottish first, born the youngest child of Tobias Tennant of the Glenconner family, which had made its fortune developing bleach for cotton cloth, and Lady Emma Cavendish, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (born Deborah Mitford). 'There's nothing better than growing old together. 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 . 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. David Tennant [WorldCat Identities] [123] He has said that he believes religion "must have" shaped his character, and revealed that he is an occasional churchgoer. 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. According to her family, she died by suicide after struggling with her mental health. She replied 'not just yet'. TALK OF THE TOWN: Sacre bleu! Stella Tennant splits from gallic beau Stella Tennant - Biography [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. [112] In the expansion EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction for the game EverQuest, a character was introduced called Tavid Dennant, named after David Tennant. 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. By Liam Hess. 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. 'Doctor Who' fans delighted as the Doctor regenerates as David Tennant [13] Steven Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue. "Stella was Gianni Versace's muse for many years and friend of the family. "It's exciting in part," she told Vogue, "but it can be excruciatingly dull.". 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. 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. [12][13] He later legally changed his surname to comply with rules set by the American Screen Actors Guild (which was later merged into SAG-AFTRA). (Lasnet later retrained as an osteopath.) 'Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. 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David's career began in theater and small TV roles. 'David was sitting opposite me. I saw her recently out on her horse, and we had a good chat. Stella Tennant: Model dies days after 50th birthday - BBC News Tennant, 50, was found dead on December 22. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. [78], In 2012 he appeared in a multi-million-pound campaign for Virgin Media, starring in three adverts. She made a video and became one of the faces of its campaign titled Turn Up the Style, Turn Down the Heat. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. 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. As Tennant recalled from the audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". 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. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . Scotland . Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David - YouTube U.K. supermodel Stella Tennant dies at 50 - NBC News [34] Tennant also returned to the role on 13 July 2018, as part of the live Muppets show The Muppets Take the O2 in London (in which the Tenth Doctor appeared onstage as part of a live Pigs in Space sketch). [30] He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. All about Stella Tennant. The three stories were released in May 2016.[33]. 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. 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. The episode showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. DAVID Lasnet is the husband of the late model Stella Tennant. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. British Model, Fashion Muse Stella Tennant Dies at 50 - VOA [24], Tennant died on 22 December 2020, aged 50,[17][25] in Duns, Scottish Borders, Scotland. 'Doctor Who' fans delighted as the Doctor regenerates as David Tennant In 2006, readers of Doctor Who Magazine voted Tennant "Best Doctor" over perennial favourite Tom Baker. Stella Tennant, British supermodel and fashion nonconformist, has died Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). Stella Tennant took her own life, her family confirms - CNN Style [39], On 25 February 2007, Tennant starred in Recovery, a 90-minute BBC One drama written by Tony Marchant. [16] She also appeared in numerous other advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Herms, and in 2002 in an influential campaign for Burberry. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. 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. In 2015, he also lent his voice to a Labour Party General Election broadcast. He is a dog lover and owns a pet dog named Feud. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. [60][61] He played dual roles: the main character, put-upon teacher Mr. Peterson, and his "golden boy" twin brother and rival. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment.