- Was fined $6,024 for inciting racial hatred in her book, A Cry In The Silence. (June 11, 2004)
- Defended herself in court against charges that she incited racial hatred in a best-selling book, an outspoken attack on gays, immigrants and the jobless which shocked France. (May 7, 2004)
- Asked Danish Queen Margrethe to put a stop to whaling off the Faeroe Islands when she sent wishes to the Queen on her 64th birthday.
- Visited the Paris mosque Wednesday to ask the Muslim community to make ritual slaughter less traumatic for the animals, proposing that the sheep traditionally slaughtered during the Muslim festival of Aid-el-Kebir be rendered unconscious before their throats are cut. (February 13, 2004)
- Has sent a letter to China's president criticizing the killing of civet cats in its fight against the SARS virus. (January 12, 2004)
- Anti-racist group MRAP and the Human Rights League both said they were filing a complaint in court against Bardot for remarks made in her book A Scream In The Silence, where she wrote, I am against the Islamization of France. For centuries our forefathers, our fathers, gave their lives to chase all successive invaders from France. (May 15, 2003)
- Angrily hung up the phone during an interview with a South Korean radio station while discussing the country's dog- eating culture. In the interview, Bardot, 67, said she can never condone the South Korean habit of eating dogs, which she views as the best friend of humans.
- Has been convicted of inciting discrimination, hatred or racial violence for criticizing a Moslem festival in which sheep are slaughtered. The one-time sex kitten and animal rights activist was fined $3,200 for a chapter in the 1999 book Pluto's Square.
- In 1986, she creates her Foundation to Saint Tropez and in June 1987, sells at an auction many objects, jewelries and personal effects to get the 3 million francs required by the French legislation. In December 1991, she even parts with her legendary property The Madrague, to increase the capital and to get the recognition of the state.
- The Movie, AND GOD CREATED THE WOMAN, is an enormous scandal. Brigitte appears with all her sensuality and girls copy her style, her savagery, and shocking behavior. The B.B myth is born.
- She was included in the actors considered for the part of Tracy Draco in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) along with Catherine Deneuve.
- Rated to be one of the most sexually active people on the face of the earth
- She was nominated for BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress in 1967 for ¡VIVA MARIA!.
- Nickname: BB
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#9). (1995)
- Ranked #49 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list. (October 1997)
- Retired from acting in 1973 at the age of 39.
- One of the leading animal rights activists in the world and the head of Fondation Brigitte Bardot, which is a foundation dedicated to animal rights.
- Recorded many popular songs in the 60's and 70's.
- Breast cancer survivor.
- Was paid $350,000 for ¡VIVA MARÍA! (1965).
- Was paid $15,000 for ET DIEU... CRÉA LA FEMME (1956).
Quotes- "I'm fine with the passage of time. There is a crazy wind blowing today: women want to stay young and are turning to surgery. They all look the same."
- "Perfection is a terrible worry."
- "I accept differences of cultures in all countries. But unfortunately, cows are grown to be eaten, dogs are not. I accept that many people eat beef, but a cultured country does not allow its people to eat dogs."
- "Life was difficult to turn for me, close to myself a certain modesty kept me too much and at the same time it was a testimony of the hell that was my life at this time."
- "I have always adored beautiful young men. Just because I grow older, my taste doesn't change. So if I can still have them, why not?"
- "If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals."
- During an interview in NY she was asked, "What was the best day of your life?" She answered, "It was a night..."
- "I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals."
- "I leave before being left. I decide."
- "I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous, and very unhappy."
- "I really am a cat transformed into a woman...I purr. I scratch. And sometimes I bite."
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