Bardot rose to fame as a model and actress, becoming a sex symbol as she rose to fame in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. She starred in movies just as Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt and the Oscar-nominated Henri-Georges Clouzot picture La Vérité (a.k.a. The Truth).
She also found success is the music industry, mainly through her work with iconic French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. The pair, who were once romantically involved, recorded several songs together in the ’60s, including the hit “Bonnie and Clyde.”
She would make headlines in recent years for six separate convictions for “inciting racial hatred,” per Vanity Fair.
This is a developing story.