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.\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

• 2025Bardot — Narrator (voice)
• 2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible
• 2022Brigitte Bardot confidentiel
• 2022Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
• 2022Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
• 2021Gainsbourg, toute une vie
• 2021Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
• 2021Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
• 2021Morceaux de Cannes
• 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
• 2019Oh Les Filles!
• 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
• 2018She's French
• 2017Coming Apart — (archive footage)
• 2017The Summer of Love
• 2016Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
• 2014Soul Boys of the Western World
• 2014The truth about Brigitte Bardot — Brigitte Bardot
• 2013Bardot, The Misunderstanding
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2011Bert Stern - Original Madman
• 2009Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
• 2009Hollywood sul Tevere
• 2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
• 1998French Love
• 1982Famous T & A — Jeanne (archive footage)
• 1980Cœur bleu — Songs
• 1976The Twelve Tasks of Asterix — Vénus
• 1973Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman — Jeanne
• 1973The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot — Arabelle
• 1972The Annuity — Archive
• 1971Rum Runners — Linda Larue
• 1971The Legend of Frenchie King — Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller
• 1970The Bear and the Doll — Felicia
• 1970The Novices — Agnès
• 1969The Vixen — Clara
• 1968Shalako — Countess Irina Lazaar
• 1968Spirits of the Dead — Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
• 1967Mondo Hollywood
• 1967Two Weeks in September — Cecile
• 1966Masculin Féminin — Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)
• 1965Dear Brigitte — Brigitte Bardot
• 1965Viva Maria! — Maria I
• 1964Agent 38-24-36 — Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
• 1964Marie Soleil
• 1963Contempt — Camille Javal
• 1962A Very Private Affair — Jill
• 1962Love on a Pillow — Geneviève Le Theil
• 1961Famous Love Affairs — Agnès Bernauer
• 1961Please, Not Now! — Sophie
• 1960It Happened All Night — Brigitte Bardot
• 1960Testament of Orpheus — Elle-même (non crédité)
• 1960The Truth — Dominique Marceau
• 1959Babette Goes to War — Babette
• 1959Come Dance with Me! — Virginie Dandieu
• 1958A Woman Like Satan — Eva Marchand
• 1958Love Is My Profession — Yvette Maudet
• 1958The Night Heaven Fell — Ursula Desfontaines
• 1957La Parisienne — Brigitte Laurier
• 1956...And God Created Woman — Juliette Hardy
• 1956Helen of Troy — Andraste
• 1956Her Bridal Night — Chouchou
• 1956Nero's Mistress — Poppea
• 1956Plucking the Daisy — Agnès Dumont
• 1956That Naughty Girl — Brigitte Latour
• 1955Caroline and the Rebels — Pilar d'Aranda
• 1955Doctor at Sea — Helene Colbert
• 1955School for Love — Sophie Dimater
• 1955The Grand Manoeuvre — Lucie
• 1955The Light Across the Street — Olivia Marceau
• 1954Night of Love — Anna
• 1953Act of Love — Mimi
• 1953His Father's Portrait — Dominique Dupond-Durand, la demi-sœur de Paul
• 1953Les Dents longues — la femme du témoin au mariage (uncredited)
• 1953Royal Affairs in Versailles — Miss de Rosille
• 1952Crazy for Love — Javotte Lemoine, fille d'Augustine, cousine d'Hippolyte
• 1952Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter — Manina
• Culture Club: Greatest Hits — Brigitte Bardot

Appearances as themselves (58)

• 2026Brigitte Bardot - Le combat en héritage — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Les Scandaleuses — Self
• 2023Godard Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Brigitte Bardot, the rebel — self
• 2022Deneuve, la reine Catherine — Self (archive footage)
• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Trintignant by Trintignant — Self (archive footage)
• 2020A Night at the Opera — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Beautiful Like a Poem — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Citizen Jane Fonda — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause — Self
• 2019Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2018Lino Ventura, la part intime — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Bardot Amoureuse — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Vadim Mister Cool — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Spanish Western — Self (archive footage)
• 2013That's Sexploitation! — Self (archive footage)
• 2012The Bardot mystery — Self
• 2011Hollywood Invasion — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Brunes et Blondes — Self
• 2010Gainsbourg and His Girls — Self - Actress (voice)
• 2010Lafayette: The Lost Hero — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Once Upon a Time… Contempt — Self
• 2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2005French Beauty — Self
• 2005Mag Bodard, un destin — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B. — Herself
• 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)
• 2003The Passions of Louis Malle — Self - Interviewee
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Self (archive footage)
• 2000De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 — Self
• 1998Doris Day: It's Magic — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• 1993Sant'Anna dos Pescadores — Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Seitenblicke — self
• 1986Electric Blue 22 — Herself (archive footage)
• Champs-Elysées — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 1981Electric Blue 006 — Self (archive footage)
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self (archive footage)
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self (arcgive footage)
• Treffpunkte — Self
• 1968Matalon Directs Bardot — Self
• 1968Spécial Bardot — Self
• 1965Forbidden Temptations — Herself
• 1964Bardot et Godard — Self
• 1964Paparazzi — Self
• Report Mainz — Self
• 1962Lykke og krone — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Discorama — Self
• 1959Zwischen Glück und Krone — Self (archive footage)
• 1958Along the Coast — Self (archive footage)
• Cinépanorama — Self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self