What is Brigitte Bardot?
{{Infobox person | image = Brigitte Bardot - 1962.jpg | caption = Bardot in a publicity photo for [[A Very Private Affair]] (1962) | name = Brigitte Bardot | birth_name = Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|09|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]] | nationality = [[French people|French]] | residence = | years_active = 1952–1973 | spouse = [[Roger Vadim]]<br>(m. 1952–1957, divorced)<br>Jacques Charrier<br>(m. 1959–1962, divorced)<br>[[Gunter Sachs]]<br>(m. 1966–1969, divorced)<br>Bernard d'Ormale<br>(m. 1992–present) | children = Nicolas Charrier (b. 1960) | parents = Louis Bardot (1896–1975)<br>Anne-Marie Mucel (1912–1978) | awards = '''Nominated: Best Actress'''<br>1965 ''[[Viva Maria!]]'' }} '''Brigitte Bardot''' (French [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|[bʀi'ʒit baʀ'do]}}) (born 28 September 1934) is a [[French people|French]] [[actor|actress]], former [[model (person)|fashion model]], [[singer]], [[Animal liberation movement|animal rights activist]], and considered one of the most important [[sex symbol]]s of the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chic-unique-why-brigitte-bardot-is-back-in-vogue-1774340.html|title=Chic, unique: Why Brigitte Bardot is back in vogue|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=21 August 2009|publisher=|accessdate=7 June 2016}}</ref> She was one of the few actresses from [[Europe]] to which the [[United States|American]] media paid attention. ==Life and career== Born in [[Paris]], into a well to do family, her father was an [[industry|industrialist]] and her mother a [[housewife]]. She received a strict education but was allowed to take ballet lessons hoping to become a professional classical dancer. In 1949, at the suggestion of a family friend, she began working as a fashion model and ended up making the cover of ''Elle'' magazine in May 1950. This led to her being noticed by [[movie director]] Yves Allegret