Brigitte Bardot
Biography
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (September 28, 1934 – December 28, 2025) was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. In her early life, Bardot was an aspiring ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 cult film, Contempt. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!. She caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business Bardot starred in 47 films, performed in numerous musical shows, and recorded 80 songs. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1985 but refused to receive it. After her retirement, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 1990s, she became controversial due to her criticism of immigration, Islamization and Islam in France, and has been fined five times for "inciting racial hatred".
Known For
Camille Javal
Le Mépris
Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)
Masculin féminin
Jeanne (archive footage)
Famous T & A
Maria I
Viva Maria!
Juliette Hardy
Et Dieu… créa la femme
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
Histoires extraordinaires
Andraste
Helen of Troy
Self (uncredited)
Le Testament d'Orphée
Dominique Marceau
La Vérité
Manina
Manina, la fille sans voiles
Felicia
L'Ours et la Poupée
Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller
Les pétroleuses
Sophie
La Bride sur le cou
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Countess Irina Lazaar
Shalako
Geneviève Le Theil
Le Repos du guerrier
Agnès Dumont
En effeuillant la marguerite
Yvette Maudet
En cas de malheur
Virginie Dandieu
Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?
Brigitte Latour
Cette sacrée gamine
Ursula Desfontaines
Les bijoutiers du clair de lune
Lucie
Les Grandes Manœuvres
Jill
Vie privée
Helene Colbert
Doctor at Sea
Miss de Rosille
Si Versailles m'était conté
Brigitte Laurier
Une parisienne
Poppea
Mio figlio Nerone
Brigitte Bardot
L'Affaire d'une nuit
Self (archive footage)
Du côté de la côte
Bardot, la méprise
Cecile
À cœur joie
Jeanne
Don Juan ou si Don Juan était une femme...
Pilar d'Aranda
Le fils de Caroline chérie
Agnès
Les Novices
Clara
Les Femmes
Self
Le mystère Bardot
Babette
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre
Linda Larue
Boulevard du Rhum
(archive footage)
Coming Apart
Eva Marchand
La Femme et le Pantin
Herself
Brigitte Bardot: Divine B.B.
Self (archive footage)
Trintignant par Trintignant
Javotte Lemoine, fille d'Augustine, cousine d'Hippolyte
Le Trou normand
Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's New Clothes
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, la vérité de BB
Self
Doris Day: It's Magic
Olivia Marceau
La Lumière d'en face
Self
Matalon Directs Bardot
Self (archive footage)
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
Une ravissante idiote
Mimi
Un acte d'amour
Sophie Dimater
Futures vedettes
Narrator (voice)
Bardot
Arabelle
L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise
Self
Paparazzi
Chouchou
La mariée est trop belle
Anna
Tradita
Self (archive footage)
Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Marie Soleil
Brigitte Bardot
Dear Brigitte
Self (archive footage)
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
Self (archive footage)
Electric Blue 006
Herself
Tentazioni proibite
Self
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991
Self (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
Dominique Dupond-Durand, la demi-sœur de Paul
Le portrait de son père
Self
Spécial Bardot
Agnès Bernauer
Amours célèbres
la femme du témoin au mariage (uncredited)
Les Dents longues
Self
Il était une fois… Le Mépris
Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self
Le Parti des choses : Bardot et Godard
Self (archive footage)
Bardot Amoureuse
Herself (archive footage)
Electric Blue 22
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Self
Brunes et Blondes
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie
Self (archive footage)
Une nuit à l'Opéra
Self
Brigitte Bardot, le serment fait aux animaux
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Grace face à son destin
Self
Les Scandaleuses
Self - Actress (voice)
Gainsbourg, l'homme qui aimait les femmes
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Self - Interviewee
The Passions of Louis Malle
Self (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin
Self
French Beauty
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
90
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-09-28
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
BB