The couple married in 1999 Credit: PA:Press . She came from a completely . [citation needed], Tennant featured in an episode of Trick or Treat on Channel 4 in May 2008. The couple's daughter Olive was born in 2011. [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. 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. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? [19] In 2003 Tennant appeared in the film Bright Young Things. 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. 'I'm incredibly glad to be where I am. In a statement shared with The Telegraph, the model's family revealed that Tennant had been . [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. The gorgeous young lady, Cecily Lasnet was born to David Lasnet and Stella Tennant. Later, at 10 years old, she made her debut in Kenneth Branagh's film Belfast. [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. December 23, 2020. She said that by the time people were allowed to travel again and the catwalk shows re-started, she would be regarded as too old. 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. [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. [136] In November 2015, Tennant announced that they had recently had a daughter named Doris. Karl Lagerfeld named Tennant the face of Chanel in 1996, and she was cited by several designers as their . 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. [14], Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. Born David John McDonald in 1971, David Tennant had always wanted to be an actor. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. 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. Tennant, who maintained her edge throughout her lengthy career in fashion, died this week at age 50, Vogue reported. [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. [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. 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. According to her family, she died by suicide after struggling with her mental health. She has died suddenly, shortly after her 50th birthday. The stories feature current and previous Doctor Who actors, including Strax actor Dan Starkey, former Davros actor Terry Molloy, and many veterans of Big Finish, including Niky Wardley, who portrayed Eighth Doctor companion Tamsin. [119] In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference. 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. 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. Answer: Stella Tennant: Model Dies Days After 50th Birthday English model Stella Tennant has passed on at 50 years old, her family have said. Stella Tennant with Karl Lagerfeld in 2011. DAVID Lasnet is the husband of the late model Stella Tennant. [64] Tennant auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter in NBC's Hannibal; he was narrowly beaten for the part by Mads Mikkelsen. He is a dog lover and owns a pet dog named Feud. 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. Tennant leaves behind four children, Iris, 15, Jasmine, 17, Cecily, 20, and Marcel, 22, who she shared with husband David Lasnet. 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. Her death is considered sudden, but police say there are no suspicious circumstances. 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. NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer as cases set . She came from a completely different background and was super-supportive of me always. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". 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. Lasnet asked Stella to have children with him within two months of their relationship starting. 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. Tennant and Lasnet separated earlier this year. 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. 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. Fashion. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. [30] He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. 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. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family have said. [31] He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the Eleventh Doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith. [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. Karl Lagerfeld. For the last decade, she devoted most of her time looking after her four children and promoting sustainable causes. Stella was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the daughter of Lady Emma Cavendish and The Hon. From then on, everything got better.'. He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. Tennant was married to photographer David Lasnet for . [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. He appeared in the paper's annual media rankings in 2006. Where is Glen in the Scottish Borders? [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. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on Tuesday at the age of 50. [11] In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett's Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker. 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. Then David and I decided we wanted to have a family." She married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999 and had four children. This drama series shot in Poland is an adaptation of Alan Furst's novel The Spies of Warsaw. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures. In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. The English-language version of the film has dialogue written by Simon Pegg, who also starred in it as a main voice actor. 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. Elle est ne Londres, au Royaume-Uni. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. Totally Tennant. (At art college she imitated favourite photographer Cindy Shermans technique of posing as stereotypes, and got them out of her system.). He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. 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. The film was released in September 2014. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.[15]. Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. 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. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. 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. 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. While Tennant was first . His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. In television, he appeared in the first episode of Reeves and Mortimer's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. 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.