Brigitte Bardot

Who seems to have lead an … exciting life. Article is from NBC.

Screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose portrayals of free-spirited ingenues made her an international sex symbol and the pride of France, and who turned her back on movie stardom in 1973 to become an animal rights activist, has died, according to French media and The Associated Press. She was 91.

Leading tributes, French President Emmanuel Macron said Bardot “embodied a life of freedom” and lived a “French existence.” Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party, which Bardot publicly supported in her later years, referred to her as a “passionate patriot” who represented “an entire era of French history.”

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Born a brunette on Sept. 28, 1934, in Paris, Bardot became world famous after she dyed her hair blond and starred in the 1956 movie “And God Created Woman,” which was directed by her first husband, Roger Vadim.