For the last decade, she devoted most of her time looking after her four children and promoting sustainable causes. LONDON (Reuters) - Stella Tennant, one of Britain's top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday. [45] The pilot was not picked up and the project was shelved. Her family said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020. . Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. [48] He returned to cohost the show for one day in October 2010. 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. 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. We will miss you forever Stella. When asked by Collider if there's ever been a television show he's watched and wished he was a part of, Tennant copped to being a huge fan . 15 Surprising Facts About David Tennant | Mental Floss Early life. 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. Stella Tennant, British supermodel and fashion nonconformist, has died Stella Tennant, the Iconic British Model, Has Died at 50 | Vogue [68], In January 2012, Tennant was appointed to the Royal Shakespeare Company board, to be on the selection committee interviewing and choosing the new artistic director. [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. 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. 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 . Stella Tennant, iconic '90s supermodel, dead days after 50th birthday - AOL 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. He played the title role in Big Finish's adaptation of Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright (2005). On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. Stella Tennant 'feared Covid would end career' & split from husband 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. Elle est ne Londres, au Royaume-Uni. Doctor Who: 10 Ways David Tennant Is The Best Doctor - ScreenRant [23] The family lived near Duns, in the small village of Edrom in Berwickshire, also in the Scottish Borders. The aristocratic supermodel - famed for her androgynous punk style - was found dead at their home on the Scottish borders this week. Tennant was more interested in art at the time, not terribly taken with modeling. The couple then moved to an 18th-century house on the . [90], Tennant played psychopathic villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin. Stella Tennant at the UK Fashion Awards in 2019. 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. She had had a unique look since childhood chopped her own black hair urchin-tousled, flaunted the punk clothes her older sister forwarded from London and wore a nose ring. The Pirates! The 35-year-old actress posted a picture showing all . Tennant emerged as a top model in the 1990s and her career spanned nearly three decades. 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. 13. 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. [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. Neighbours were shocked at the news saying that, since the separation, David had seemingly moved to Edinburgh, where the couple had a mews house, and continued working as an osteopath while Stella had taken up riding. Tennant, 50, was found dead on December 22. [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). Photo: David Fisher/Shutterstock. 12:14 EST 24 Dec 2020. 'David was sitting opposite me. December 23, 2020, 9:38 AM. He follows a non-vegetarian diet. Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab. 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. Her groom was David Lasnet, assistant to the photographer Mario Testino; they had met on a shoot. Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in The Guardian newspaper. David Tennant [WorldCat Identities] [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. [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]. Their relationship appeared idyllic, and they built a happy home in their countryside estate on the Scottish borders. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". 'Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. David Fisher/Shutterstock. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who. Paul Mescal nominated for Best Actor in prestigious Olivier theatre awards 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 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. Fashion house Versace paid tribute to Tennant on Twitter, saying: "Versace is mourning the death of Stella Tennant. In January 2006, he took a one-day break from shooting Doctor Who to play Richard Hoggart in a dramatisation of the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial, The Chatterley Affair. Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced at a later date.'. "Stella really lifted me out of it without knowing. "Stella had been unwell for some time," a spokesperson for Tennant said. 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. On Wednesday, Tennant's family confirmed she died by suicide in a statement shared with The Telegraph. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in . Fashion. [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. [38], While playing the Doctor, Tennant was also in the early December 2005 ITV drama Secret Smile. In February 2016, he began filming Mad to Be Normal (previously titled Metanoia), a biopic of the renowned Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, produced by Gizmo Films. [116], Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot directed by Peter Davison. [3] Stella Tennant Family With Daughter,Son and Husband David Lasnet 2020 https://youtu.be/9CFNdHxAtAoReal Name : Stella TennantBorn : 17 December 1970Died : 22 . During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists. Stella Tennant took her own life after struggling with mental health He was open and up for it, and I got a good reaction. [138], For other people named David Tennant, see. 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. . He's a real screamer!". 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