Brigitte Bardot Net Worth

Brigitte Bardot, also known as B.B., is a French animal rights activist and former actress, singer, and model. Born on 28 September 1934 in Paris, she grew up in a conservative Catholic family and suffered from amblyopia as a child.

During World War II, Bardot spent more time at home due to strict civilian surveillance but became engrossed in dancing to records, which her mother saw as a potential for a ballet career.

Brigitte Bardot was admitted to the private school Cours Hattemer at the age of seven, where she took ballet lessons under her mother’s arrangements. She later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Institut de la Tour.

In 1949, Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, the director of Elle and Le Jardin des Modes, hired Bardot as a “junior” fashion model. On 8 March 1950, Bardot appeared on the cover of Elle, which brought her an acting offer for the film Les Lauriers sont coupés from director Marc Allégret.

Her parents opposed her becoming an actress, but her grandfather was supportive.

Bardot had a small role in the comedy film Crazy for Love in 1953, directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil. She also had roles in the 1953 films The Long Teeth and His Father’s Portrait.

She had a small role in a Hollywood-financed film being shot in Paris in 1953, Act of Love, starring Kirk Douglas. She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953.

Bardot had a leading role in 1954 in an Italian melodrama, Concert of Intrigue, and in a French adventure film, Caroline and the Rebels. She had a good part as a flirtatious student in the 1955 School for Love, opposite Jean Marais, for director Marc Allégret.

Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters, often with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best-known sex symbols of the 1950s–1970s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon and a noted figure in ushering in the sexual revolution.

Actress Brigitte Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973, having acted in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985 and became an animal rights activist after retiring.

She is known for her strong personality, outspokenness, and speeches on animal defense. She has been fined twice for public insults and has been a controversial political figure, having been fined six times for inciting racial hatred when she criticized immigration and Islam in France and called residents of Réunion island “savages.”

Brigitte Bardot is married to Bernard d’Ormale, a former adviser to Jean-Marie Le Pen, a far-right French politician. She is a member of the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programme and has received several awards and accolades from UNESCO and PETA.

In 2011, Los Angeles Times Magazine ranked her second on the “50 Most Beautiful Women In Film.”