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Then David and I decided we wanted to have a family." She married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999 and had four children. Born David John McDonald in 1971, David Tennant had always wanted to be an actor. 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. [87], In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens' first feature film, You, Me and Him. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. [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. As previous Doctor Christopher Eccleston had retained his northern tones, then-current showrunner Russell T Davies opted against the idea of having two consecutive Doctors with strong regional . 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. [17] He subsequently specialised in comic roles, playing Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors and Captain Jack Absolute in The Rivals, although he also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. 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. 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'. However, he was pleased to be able to use his own accent in one episode, when the Doctor briefly masquerades as "Dr. James McCrimmon" of Edinburgh in Tooth and Claw a nod to the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon. David Tennant - Wikipedia 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. [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. [59] In October 2011, Tennant started shooting the semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry. Shortly after the news broke, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enniful posted a tribute to the model on Instagram . UNIT: The Wasting, was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. 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. [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. 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. Tennant is survived by her four children, her husband David Lasnet, her parents Tobias Tennant and Lady Emma Cavendish, a brother and a . [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. In early 2009, Tennant narrated the digital planetarium space dome film "We Are Astronomers"[43] commissioned by the UK's National Space Centre. David's career began in theater and small TV roles. She later returned to the runway and worked on several campaigns behind the camera. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and Gianni Versace. Tennant was a top supermodel for over 30 years and was regarded as a muse for many designers . But that was the only thing that gave the impression she wasnt completely happy.. What was David Tennant last episode of Doctor Who called? David Tennant [WorldCat Identities] In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. 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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. Stella Tennant - a life in pictures The model married the photographer David Lasnet in 1999, after meeting him on a shoot. David Fisher/Shutterstock Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. The model was known for her androgynous looks during her 1990s heyday and became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld. British supermodel Stella Tennant died on December 22 at the age of 50. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. 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. 06:05 EST 24 Dec 2020 'Doctor Who' fans delighted as the Doctor regenerates as David Tennant [11][18], Tennant married French photographer and osteopath David Lasnet in the village of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, on 22 June 1999. They were then the money generator, though Tennant worked without demanding supermodel premiums just to get out of bed. He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010, and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a . 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.. [113], In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. [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. [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. At the time, the cause of death was unknown, but it is believed that Stella and her photographer husband David Lasnet had split. [14] In August 2020, Tennant and Lasnet announced they had separated. 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. The pair were in the process of divorce after being married for 21 . 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. When asked for the secret to the longevity of their marriage, Lasnet said: 'Well, I think we want to make it work, you know? Stella Tennant splits . [114] In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". Topics. Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. [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. [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).