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Brigitte Bardot
Known for: ActingBrigitte 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.\n\nBardot 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, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead."
Filmography 48
The Novices
as Agnès 
Shalako
as Countess Irina Lazaar 
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
as Vénus 
Contempt
as Camille Javal 
...And God Created Woman
as Juliette Hardy 
Helen of Troy
as Andraste 
Masculin Féminin
as Brigitte Bardot (uncredited) 
Rum Runners
as Linda Larue 
Viva Maria!
as Maria I 
The Legend of Frenchie King
as Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller 
Spirits of the Dead
as Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson") 
Testament of Orpheus
as Elle-même (non crédité) 
La Parisienne
as Brigitte Laurier 
Brigitte Bardot - Le combat en héritage
as Self (archive footage) 
The Vixen
as Clara 
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
as Manina 
Caroline and the Rebels
as Pilar d'Aranda 
Love Is My Profession
as Yvette Maudet 
Love on a Pillow
as Geneviève Le Theil 
The Night Heaven Fell
as Ursula Desfontaines 
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Lucie 
Please, Not Now!
as Sophie 
The Truth
as Dominique Marceau 
A Very Private Affair
as Jill 
That Naughty Girl
as Brigitte Latour 
Come Dance with Me!
as Virginie Dandieu 
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
as Jeanne 
Along the Coast
as Self (archive footage) 
Plucking the Daisy
as Agnès Dumont 
The Light Across the Street
as Olivia Marceau 
School for Love
as Sophie Dimater 
A Woman Like Satan
as Eva Marchand 
Dear Brigitte
as Brigitte Bardot 
Doctor at Sea
as Helene Colbert 
Two Weeks in September
as Cecile 
Citizen Jane Fonda
as Self (archive footage) 
Nero's Mistress
as Poppea 
Vadim Mister Cool
as Self (archive footage) 
Paparazzi
as Self 
That's Sexploitation!
as Self (archive footage) 
Bardot et Godard
as Self 
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
as Self (archive footage)