Brigitte Bardot (born September 28, 1934) is a BAFTA Awards-nominated French actress, former fashion model, singer, Animal welfare/rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten. In 2007 she was named among Empire's 100 Sexiest Film Stars.

In the 1970s after her retirement from the entertainment industry, Bardot established herself as an animal rights activist, which work she continues today. During the 1990s she was outspoken about her political views on such issues as immigration, Islam in France, and homosexuality.

Bardot was convicted several times for "inciting racial hatred" in various written articles and comments made in interviews. In 1997 she was fined for her comments published in Le Figaro newspaper. Her next conviction came in 1998 for the statement about the growing number of mosques in France. In June 2000 a French court fined her 30,000 francs for the comments, which were published in 1999 in her book Le Carre de Pluton.

On 10 June 2004 Bardot was convicted by a French court of "inciting racial hatred" and fined 5,000 €, the fourth such conviction/fine she has faced from French courts. The courts cited passages where Bardot referred to the "Islamisation of France" and the "underground and dangerous infiltration of Islam"

In 1960s Bardot expressed support for President Charles de Gaulle.[6][14] Her husband Bernard d'Ormal, to whom she has been married since 1992, is a former adviser of the Front National.