But when it came . David. 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". "They have tried to keep everything quiet and the wedding is for family and closest friends only.". The 35-year-old actress, who is married to Doctor Who star David Tennant, shared her heartbreaking story in a moving online blog post. A man who lost his partner of 24 years to cancer has jumped 11,000 feet from a plane in her memory despite his own devastating diagnosis. The English-language version of the film has dialogue written by Simon Pegg, who also starred in it as a main voice actor. [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). David Tennant 's wife Georgia has opened up about her heartbreaking cancer battle. David John Tennant (n McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. will be Jeremy Clarkson's final series as host, New pandemic fears as bird flu strain that killed girl, 11, came from infected chickens, Virologist Erik Karlsson has tested the strain of bird flu that killed an 11-year-old girl and has made the discovery that it came from chickens - and he has an explanation as to why it happened, Win iGD sportswear, The Ives pamper bundles, Goddess Tarot Society readings, Go Mate drinks and Skullcandy headsets, Here's how you and a friend can be in with a chance of winning our March competition this month. [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. [16] During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. For those who are unfamiliar, Georgia Tenant played a character on Doctor Who as well. The podcast's episodes feature Olivia Colman, Whoopi Goldberg, Jodie Whittaker, Ian McKellen, Jon Hamm, Gordon Brown, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Tate, Krysten Ritter, James Corden, Samantha Bee, Tina Fey, and Michael Sheen. Having kids takes you to that place pretty quickly I find.. The Scottish actor is turning 48 years old, and rather than wax poetic about his time as a Time Lord or how good he makes Marvel's Jessica Jones, I would rather shine a light back on the role . The swirling storm cloud of 'what ifs?'. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. Something went wrong, please try again later. 10 rare photos of David and Georgia Tennant's five adorable children The couple have been married for 10 years Last modified on Mar 18, 2022 19:04 GMT Sophie Hamilton Actor David Tennant. David Tennant has admitted he and wife Georgia have become more relaxed about their family's privacy. He was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero. I can't tell whether its this or the smarting cervix but I start to cry. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. She'd gotten involved with a 20-year-old boy, and she got pregnant despite taking precautions. Today's Savannah Guthrie abruptly leaves show after scary new medical diagnosis, Sam Champion says final goodbye to colleague with touching tribute, GMA's Ginger Zee warns viewers as she delivers 'severe' and 'damaging' news, Priscilla Presley will be 'leading the charge' for Elvis movie at Oscars, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Georgia Tennant is married to former Doctor Who star David Tennant. It was good, and it was smart, and it played perfectly with the boundaries of the format it was in. In 2007, Tennant's Tenth Doctor appeared with Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor in a Doctor Who special for Children in Need, written by Steven Moffat and entitled "Time Crash". The couple's daughter Olive was born in 2011. In May 2022, in relation to the show's 60th anniversary, it was announced that Tennant would once again return to the show, alongside Tate, who would reprise her role as Donna Noble. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, List of awards and nominations received by David Tennant, "David Tennant's father and ex-Kirk moderator Sandy McDonald dies", "David Tennant pays tribute to his late mum", "Frost's Scottish Who's Who Very Rev. He made his directorial debut on the Doctor Who Confidential episode that accompanies Steven Moffat's episode "Blink", entitled "Do You Remember The First Time? [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. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. [131][132] Ty has acted in the film Tolkien and the 2019 television adaptation of War of the Worlds. 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. [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. Truth or rumor, when news that the actor was splitting hit the internet Wednesday (January 11), Twitter immediately exploded with pithy commentary. [80] He is the narrator on Xbox One video game Kinect Sports Rivals, released in 2014. [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. As you can tell Im still processing this, its quite a thing to get your head round.. 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. Tennant has been married to the former Doctor Who. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It seems everyone had an opinion on the matter: "Has anyone David's phone number?" Michelle Whedon (@mimiwhedon) January 11, 2023 The couple, who have been married for a decade and have already both appeared in the popular BBC time traveling show and in Covid era set Staged, will now feature together in a brand new horror show, according to Deadline. She also became an actor and made her on-screen debut at the tender age of just 15 in Peak Practice in 1999, playing Nicki Davey. The mum-of-five penned: "The lovely doctor called yesterday. This particular private thing however, I feel must be shared. When he was 16, he acted in an anti-smoking film made by the Glasgow Health Board which aired on television and was also screened in schools. The Tennants are an acting family with David currently starring in Around the World in 80 Days while Georgia has recently been appearing alongside her husband in Staged. Not originally cast in the production, Tennant was recording a radio play in a neighbouring studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door convinced the director to give him a small role. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Tennant was awarded his first major TV role as Campbell Bain in the BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), after impressing director David Blair during filming of another drama Strathblair (1992). They've got it all but it was cancer. that's part of the reason why so many of the entertainers of that generation just died of heart attacks aged like 58. . [83] He also voiced the Propaganda Minister in the 2015 Square Enix video game Just Cause 3. The first series was filmed in Clevedon, North Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset, between August and November 2012, and aired in March 2013. Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Georgia got pregnant with her first child, Ty Tennant, at the age of 16. NT Cricket chief executive Gavin Dovey said improving cricket infrastructure across the territory including in Tennant Creek was a key part of the organisation's new five-year strategic plan. Ex Doctor Who star David Tennant's son makes blood-spattered Casualty debut; Read More Related Articles. The Hon. [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. The immediate comparison that springs to mind is Raul Julia, who did the same. She. Georgia Tennant was told by a casting director that she "wasn't convincing" acting as the wife of a character played by David Tennant. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. [109], In 2008, Tennant was voted "Greenest Star on the Planet" in an online vote held by Playhouse Disney as part of the Playing for the Planet Awards. He has subsequently appeared with Weir in many productions: as a guest in her spoof television series Posh Nosh, in the Doctor Who audio drama Exile (during which Weir played an alternative version of the Doctor), and as panellists on the West Wing Ultimate Quiz on More4 (Weir later guest-starred on Doctor Who itself after Tennant left the series). The pair met back in 2008 while filming Doctor Who episode The Doctor's Daughter, when Georgia played David's genetically engineered daughter. She was booked in for a colposcopy, which is a procedure to take a closer look at a person's cervix. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. They married on 30 December 2011,[126] and live in the Chiswick district of London. Following the weekend's big reveal, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky stopped by the Loose Women studio on Monday to talk about his time on the show, revealing David sent him a text asking who . I have whats called CIN 2. Celeb obsessed? Don't Miss: Robbie Coltrane She typed: "He takes the biopsy. 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[18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). Today, Tennant, 40, looks like a teenager posing as an adult. Tennant's first professional role upon graduating from drama school was in a staging of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui co-starring Ashley Jensen; one of a few plays in which he performed as part of the agitprop 7:84 Theatre Company. David Tennant stars as Dr. Edgar Fallon in Netflix's Criminal (United Kingdom), and the character is Tennant's creepiest role to date. David Tennant appeared as the Fourteenth Doctor and reprised his role in the long-running series. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. Tennant never phones it in. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. In 2005, he starred in UNIT: The Wasting for Big Finish, recreating his role of Brimmicombe-Wood from a Doctor Who Unbound play, Sympathy for the Devil. On 9 February 2015, Tennant appeared on the Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, becoming the show's most successful debut contestant. [115] In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. 'Borderline changes' to be exact. Survived cancer without ever realising I had it. David adopted Ty after getting married to Georgia. [78], In 2012 he appeared in a multi-million-pound campaign for Virgin Media, starring in three adverts. To be exact, she played the clone daughter of David Tenant's character on an episode called "The Doctor's Daughter," which provided rather amusing to some long-time fans of the Something went wrong, please try again later. "This particular private thing however, I feel must be shared. In an Adventure with Scientists! He began filming the new series of Doctor Who in late July 2005. [21] This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from June 26 (opening July 1) to August 10, 2002. But although the deadly disease was caught before significant damage was done, Georgia admitted that she even began planning her own funeral after seeing abnormalities in her test. Before Id made it up upstairs to tell my husband, I'd started planning my funeral. DON'T MISS. #cervicalscreeningawarenessweek. [120], Tennant remained neutral on the issue of Scottish independence in the run-up to the 2014 referendum, stating that it was not his business as he no longer lived in Scotland. During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists. [11] The following year, he played a role in an episode of Dramarama. Yet I couldn't imagine David Tennant or any of the . It was cancer. She posted a picture on her Instagram page, captioning the snap: "Here I am on 22nd February 2018. Georgia added: "He takes the biopsy. Their mother is his wife Georgia Tennant who married the actor back in 2011. Shepherding that. Georgia then urged others to take the smear test, as she wrote: "If the first part of the story didn't hit home, I hope this bit does. [122], Tennant rarely discusses his private life in interviews,[10] citing his belief that "relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public". 6 in its "Top Ten" list of the most influential British television artists of the year, citing his roles in Blackpool, Casanova, Secret Smile, and Doctor Who. On 13 March 2009, he presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall. 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. [121] However, in the wake of Brexit, which he called "depressing", he stated in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum. David Tennant's Parents, Family. [73] Tennant filmed the second series of Broadchurch during mid-2014,[74][75] and the third between May and October 2016. [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). David Tennant, 49, who played the ever-popular 10th Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who, is married to Georgia, the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the fifth incarnation of the character. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet, " they said. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play Exile. PRIVACY Entertainment David Tennant's wife Georgia responds to speculation he is on The Masked Singer The 38-year-old, who tied the knot with the Scots actor in 2011, shared a snap of her. [72], Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. In May 2008, Tennant (as Moffett) appeared in an episode of Doctor Who as Jenny, as the artificially-created daughter of the tenth doctor David Tennant, who is now her husband. David Tennant. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [53] He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. The actress took to Instagram. Her blog post was called "Public Cervix Announcement" and was written at the time she received her results, but before she knew it was in fact cancer. Do you have a story to sell? 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. [125] The couple met in 2008 during the filming of the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter", in which she played the genetically engineered daughter of Tennant's Tenth Doctor. He later performed alongside Davison's daughter, Georgia Moffett (as "Jenny") in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter". She said that when she discovered there was something wrong after her smear test, she began planning her funeral. [117], Tennant is a supporter of the Labour Party and appeared in a party political broadcast for them in 2005. Having kids takes you to that place pretty quickly I find.". 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