Brigitte Bardot
Biography
Brigitte Bardot is a French actress. She started her acting career in 1952 and appeared in 16 films before gaining international recognition. Bardot was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!. Bardot also starred in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film, Contempt, and Roger Vadim's 1956 film, And God Created Woman. She was known for her work in film and was a prominent figure in French cinema.
Career overview
Brigitte Bardot began her acting career in 1952. She appeared in 16 films before gaining international recognition. Bardot's early career was marked by her roles in several notable films.
In the 1960s, Bardot continued to work in the film industry, starring in Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 film, Contempt. She also appeared in Louis Malle's 1965 film, Viva Maria!, for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Actress.
Bardot's acting career spanned multiple decades, with a total of 134 known credits. Her work in film caught the attention of French intellectuals and critics, solidifying her status as a prominent figure in French cinema.
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Full filmography
- Bardot (2025) as Narrator (voice)
- Les Scandaleuses (2024) as Self
- Godard Cinema (2023)
- Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable (2022)
- Brigitte Bardot confidentiel (2022)
- Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Brigitte Bardot, the rebel (2022) as self
- Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune (2021)
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- Trintignant by Trintignant (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Gainsbourg, toute une vie (2021)
- Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
- Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (2021)
- Citizen Jane Fonda (2020)
- Beautiful Like a Poem (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- A Night at the Opera (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Oh Les Filles! (2019)
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Brigitte Bardot, rebel with a cause (2019) as Self
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
- Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- She's French (2018)
- Lino Ventura, la part intime (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Coming Apart (2017) as (archive footage)
- Bardot Amoureuse (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- The Summer of Love (2017)
- Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman (2016)
- Vadim Mister Cool (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Spanish Western (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
- The truth about Brigitte Bardot (2014) as Brigitte Bardot
- That's Sexploitation! (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Bardot, The Misunderstanding (2013)
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- The Bardot mystery (2012) as Self
- Hollywood Invasion (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Bert Stern - Original Madman (2011)
- Brunes et Blondes (2010) as Self
- Lafayette: The Lost Hero (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Gainsbourg and His Girls (2010) as Self - Actress (voice)
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
- Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (2009)
- Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009) as Self
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
- Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- French Beauty (2005) as Self
- Mag Bodard, un destin (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B. (2004) as Herself
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- The Passions of Louis Malle (2003) as Self - Interviewee
- Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 (2000) as Self
- Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
- French Love (1998)
- Doris Day: It's Magic (1998) as Self
- Sant'Anna dos Pescadores (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
- Seitenblicke (1987) as self
- Electric Blue 22 (1986) as Herself (archive footage)
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Famous T & A (1982) as Jeanne (archive footage)
- Electric Blue 006 (1981) as Self (archive footage)
- Cœur bleu (1980) Songs
- 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) as Vénus
- Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self (archive footage)
- Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973) as Jeanne
- The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973) as Arabelle
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self (arcgive footage)
- The Legend of Frenchie King (1971) as Louise 'Frenchie King' Miller
- Rum Runners (1971) as Linda Larue
- The Novices (1970) as Agnès
- Treffpunkte (1970) as Self
- The Bear and the Doll (1970) as Felicia
- The Vixen (1969) as Clara
- Shalako (1968) as Countess Irina Lazaar
- Spécial Bardot (1968) as Self
- Spirits of the Dead (1968) as Giuseppina (segment "William Wilson")
- Matalon Directs Bardot (1968) as Self
- Two Weeks in September (1967) as Cecile
- Mondo Hollywood (1967)
- Masculin Féminin (1966) as Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)
- Forbidden Temptations (1965) as Herself
- Viva Maria! (1965) as Maria I
- Dear Brigitte (1965) as Brigitte Bardot
- Paparazzi (1964) as Self
- Agent 38-24-36 (1964) as Penelope 'Penny' Lightfeather
- Marie Soleil (1964)
- Bardot et Godard (1964) as Self
- Contempt (1963) as Camille Javal
- Report Mainz (1963) as Self
- A Very Private Affair (1962) as Jill
- Lykke og krone (1962)
- Love on a Pillow (1962) as Geneviève Le Theil
- Please, Not Now! (1961) as Sophie
- Famous Love Affairs (1961) as Agnès Bernauer
- It Happened All Night (1960) as Brigitte Bardot
- Testament of Orpheus (1960) as Elle-même (non crédité)
- The Truth (1960) as Dominique Marceau
- Discorama (1959) as Self
- Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959)
- Babette Goes to War (1959) as Babette
- Come Dance with Me! (1959) as Virginie Dandieu
- Love Is My Profession (1958) as Yvette Maudet
- Along the Coast (1958) as Self (archive footage)
- A Woman Like Satan (1958) as Eva Marchand
- The Night Heaven Fell (1958) as Ursula Desfontaines
- La Parisienne (1957) as Brigitte Laurier
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Helen of Troy (1956) as Andraste
- That Naughty Girl (1956) as Brigitte Latour
- ...And God Created Woman (1956) as Juliette Hardy
- Nero's Mistress (1956) as Poppea
- Plucking the Daisy (1956) as Agnès Dumont
- Her Bridal Night (1956) as Chouchou
- School for Love (1955) as Sophie Dimater
- Caroline and the Rebels (1955) as Pilar d'Aranda
- The Grand Manoeuvre (1955) as Lucie
- Doctor at Sea (1955) as Helene Colbert
- The Light Across the Street (1955) as Olivia Marceau
- Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
- Night of Love (1954) as Anna
- Act of Love (1953) as Mimi
- Les Dents longues (1953) as la femme du témoin au mariage (uncredited)
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Miss de Rosille
- His Father's Portrait (1953) as Dominique Dupond-Durand, la demi-sœur de Paul
- Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter (1952) as Manina
- Crazy for Love (1952) as Javotte Lemoine, fille d'Augustine, cousine d'Hippolyte
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Culture Club: Greatest Hits as Brigitte Bardot