Brigitte Bardot made a name for herself in both French cinema and animal rights activism. The late And God Created Woman star died on December 28, 2025, weeks after she was hospitalized for an undisclosed procedure. Bardot was 91, and her death was confirmed by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
“The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, a world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation,” the foundation’s announcement read.
Below, get updates on Bardot’s cause of death and everything else we know about her final days.
Yes, Bardot suffered from a few health setbacks throughout her life. In 1984, she was diagnosed with breast cancer but managed to beat it.
She also suffered from a suicide attempt after giving birth to her only child, son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, who was born in January 1960. At the time, paparazzi had aggressively followed her, and she revealed in her memoir that she did not want to be a mother.
In 2023, Bardot’s husband, Bernard d’Ormale, said she was having trouble breathing during a heat wave at home in Saint-Tropez, France, and he sought medical assistance for her, per the Los Angeles Times.
Around two years later, Bardot was hospitalized for almost a month in Toulon, France, per French outlet Var-Matin. In October 2025, she underwent a minor surgery due to a “serious illness,” the newspaper reported. Due to the health scare, death rumors emerged that month, which Bardot quickly shut down in a tweet.
