His wife, actress Georgia Tennant, gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Olive, on 29 March 2011. They married on 30 December 2011,[126] and live in the Chiswick district of London. David Tennant and wife Georgia Moffett are part of "Doctor Who" history for more reasons than the roles they played on TV. Sorted.. Theyve got it all but it was cancer. It was cancer. 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. He also received his first credit as an executive producer for the series. [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. A rep for David Tennant was not immediately available for comment. [124], Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Moffett, making him the son-in-law of actress Sandra Dickinson and Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison. DAVID Tennant and his wife Georgia have been married since 2011. [25], Tennant has expressed enthusiasm about fulfilling his childhood dream. [114] In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". David Tennant's wife Georgia's experiences with cancer in 2018, Georgia previously shared her experiences, In 2020, she shared a throwback photo in a hospital gown, 'They've got it all but it was cancer', she updated readers, David Tennant's wife Georgia on cancer battle, Peter Kay's best TV cameos over the years from Coronation Street to Doctor Who, Doctor Who 60th anniversary cast revealed as Neil Patrick Harris confirmed as villain. [100], In 2020 and 2021 he starred in the TV series Staged, with Michael Sheen. A friend said: David and Georgia are madly in love. Showrunner Steven Moffatt has said that Jenny died off-screen, . David Tennant and Emily Watson will star in the psychological thriller Quicksand, set to begin shooting in 2019. Two weeks later, the star returned to her blog to issue an update and explained she did in fact have cancer. She typed: "He takes the biopsy. [20] The UK premire was staged at the Donmar Warehouse, in previews on April 4, opening April 10 and closing on May 4, 2002. On 22 May 2019, while appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden, David announced he and Georgia would be having their fourth child together called Birdie, who was born on October 13, 2019. [81], Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, a television series from Marvel and Netflix. 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. In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. [46][47] In November 2009, he co-hosted the Absolute Radio Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell for three consecutive days. [103][104][105][106], In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko. 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 an Adventure with Scientists! She was booked in for a colposcopy, which is a procedure to take a closer look at a person's cervix. In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. But their paradise comes to an abrupt end when their visiting son is murdered by a local youth. David adopted Ty after getting married to Georgia. [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). 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. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. [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. [135] In 2013, Tennant and Moffett had a son named Wilfred. 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. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. [131][132] Ty has acted in the film Tolkien and the 2019 television adaptation of War of the Worlds. He is married to Georgia Tennant, a British actress who is the daughter of Peter Davison, who is also a Star Trek actor. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Scottish actor David Tennant, popularly known for his role as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, turned 50 years old yesterday, on April 18, 2021. He adopted his wife's son, Tyler, in 2011. Fallon is even scarier than Kilgrave was on Marvel's Jessica . Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for The Quatermass Experiment. [62], In April 2012, Tennant played lead in a one-off drama The Minor Character for Sky Arts. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. They were married on December 30, 2011, and they have five children, one of whom is Georgia's child from a . [14], Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. 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. [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. Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Georgia got pregnant with her first child, Ty Tennant, at the age of 16. She shared a throwback snap of herself in a hospital gown from 2018 and explained how testing early saved her life. . The following day the pair celebrated their big day in style with a New Year's Eve reception at London's Globe Theatre. "#cervicalscreeningawarenessweek #smeartest #cervicalcancer.". The English-language version of the film has dialogue written by Simon Pegg, who also starred in it as a main voice actor. While filming "The Doctor's Daughter," a Doctor Who episode, the couple met and became engaged in 2008. The three-part series aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. 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. 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). Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. David John McDonald (Bathgate, Escocia, 18 de abril de 1971), conocido como David Tennant, es un actor britnico de cine, televisin y teatro.Entre sus obras ms conocidas se encuentran una aclamada representacin teatral de Hamlet.Sus interpretaciones ms destacadas han sido la dcima encarnacin del Doctor en Doctor Who, Barty Crouch Jr. en Harry Potter y el Cliz de Fuego, el . 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. The Hon. 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. [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. [37] The three 60th anniversary special episodes will air in November 2023. 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. David. She'd gotten involved with a 20-year-old boy, and she got pregnant despite taking precautions. It was cancer. [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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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Her blog post also included the fact she had a Colposcopy and a biopsy, before being told she didn't have cancer initially. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. "A few weeks ago I received an abnormal smear result. In 2020, the actress - who met her husband on the set. 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. Yes that's right, the Tenth Doctor met his future wife while on set for Doctor Who, in an episode where she . On Friday (February 10) the actor's reps officially confirmed that David Tennant is not dead. [2][3] He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston,[4] where his father was the local minister. 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. Don't Miss: Robbie Coltrane "Survived cancer without ever realising I had it. The actress is perhaps best known for a recurring role as Abigail Nixon in The Bill from 2007-2009. His costar in the drama was friend Sarah Parish, with whom he had previously appeared in Blackpool and an episode of Doctor Who. His father died on 17 March 2016 in Erskine, Scotland at the age of 78. "Here I am on 22nd February 2018. that's part of the reason why so many of the entertainers of that generation just died of heart attacks aged like 58. . [66][67] Tennant also presented the new comedy quiz show Comedy World Cup, in 2012 which ran on Saturday nights for seven episodes. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. [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. The actor was bombarded with birthday wishes from across the world. To celebrate actor David Tennant's 51st birthday on April 18, Daily Star is taking a peek inside his marriage to gorgeous co-star wife Georgia. 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. 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