Brigitte Bardot
Known for: Acting
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, but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France showed a constant disdain for human rights instead.
Filmography
Film
The Novices
Agnès
1970
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1974
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self (arcgive footage)
1972
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Seitenblicke
self
1987
Series
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Film
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Vénus
1976
Film
Contempt
Camille Javal
1963
Film
Helen of Troy
Andraste
1956
Treffpunkte
Self
1970
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
...And God Created Woman
Juliette Hardy
1956
Film
Shalako
Countess Irina Lazaar
1968
Film
The Legend of Frenchie King
Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller
1971
Film
Masculin Féminin
Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)
1966
Film
Bardot
Narrator (voice)
2025
Report Mainz
Self
1963
Film
The Truth
Dominique Marceau
1960
Film
Viva Maria!
Maria I
1965
Film
Spirits of the Dead
Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
1968
Film
School for Love
Sophie Dimater
1955
Film
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Please, Not Now!
Sophie
1961
Film
La Parisienne
Brigitte Laurier
1957
Film
Testament of Orpheus
Elle-même (non crédité)
1960
Film
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2007
Film
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Jeanne
1973
Film
Coming Apart
(archive footage)
2017
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Film
Bert Stern - Original Madman
2011
Film
French Love
1998
Film
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Miss de Rosille
1953
Film
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Love Is My Profession
Yvette Maudet
1958
Film
Dear Brigitte
Brigitte Bardot
1965
Film
Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
Manina
1952
Film
Love on a Pillow
Geneviève Le Theil
1962
Film
The Light Across the Street
Olivia Marceau
1955
Film
Babette Goes to War
Babette
1959
Film
Caroline and the Rebels
Pilar d'Aranda
1955
Film
Famous T & A
Jeanne (archive footage)
1982
Film
The Night Heaven Fell
Ursula Desfontaines
1958
Film
Agent 38-24-36
Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
1964
Film
Plucking the Daisy
Agnès Dumont
1956
Film
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021
Film
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014
Film
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
A Very Private Affair
Jill
1962
Film
The Vixen
Clara
1969
Film
A Woman Like Satan
Eva Marchand
1958
Film
Famous Love Affairs
Agnès Bernauer
1961
Film
The Summer of Love
2017
Film
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Film
Act of Love
Mimi
1953
Film
The Bear and the Doll
Felicia
1970
Film
Forbidden Temptations
Herself
1965
Film
Bardot Amoureuse
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
Film
Paparazzi
Self
1964
Film
Brigitte Bardot - Le combat en héritage
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2006
Film
Come Dance with Me!
Virginie Dandieu
1959
Film
Two Weeks in September
Cecile
1967
Film
Nero's Mistress
Poppea
1956
Film
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2018
Film
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Film
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
Film
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
Film
That Naughty Girl
Brigitte Latour
1956
Film
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Rum Runners
Linda Larue
1971
Film
Her Bridal Night
Chouchou
1956
Film
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Film
Doctor at Sea
Helene Colbert
1955
Film
Trintignant by Trintignant
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Arabelle
1973
Film
Mag Bodard, un destin
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Film
The Grand Manoeuvre
Lucie
1955
Film
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
It Happened All Night
Brigitte Bardot
1960
Film
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
2021
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
French Beauty
Self
2005
Film
Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.
Herself
2004
Film
Crazy for Love
Javotte Lemoine, fille d'Augustine, cousine d'Hippolyte
1952
Film
Oh Les Filles!
2019
Film
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Film
The Passions of Louis Malle
Self - Interviewee
2003
Film
Gainsbourg and His Girls
Self - Actress (voice)
2010
Film
Doris Day: It's Magic
Self
1998
Film
Along the Coast
Self (archive footage)
1958
Film
The truth about Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
2014
Film
Spécial Bardot
Self
1968
Film
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Bardot et Godard
Self
1964
Film
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
2021
Film
Les Dents longues
la femme du témoin au mariage (uncredited)
1953
Film
Brunes et Blondes
Self
2010
Film
His Father's Portrait
Dominique Dupond-Durand, la demi-sœur de Paul
1953
Film
Electric Blue 006
Self (archive footage)
1981
Film
Lafayette: The Lost Hero
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Night of Love
Anna
1954
Film
Brigitte Bardot confidentiel
2022
Film
Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman
2016
Film
That's Sexploitation!
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Lykke og krone
1962
Film
The Bardot mystery
Self
2012
Film
Brigitte Bardot, the rebel
self
2022
Film
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Film
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
2013
Film
Les Scandaleuses
Self
2024
Film
Culture Club: Greatest Hits
Brigitte Bardot
Film
She's French
2018
Film
Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause
Self
2019
Film
Vadim Mister Cool
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991
Self
2000
Film
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Self
2009
Film
Matalon Directs Bardot
Self
1968
Film
Marie Soleil
1964
Film
Electric Blue 22
Herself (archive footage)
1986