Brigitte Bardot's ability to subvert traditional gender roles made her not just a sex symbol, but a pop culture icon and a touchstone for shifting...

Actor, pop star, and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has died at the age of 91. Bardot was literally the face of France. They minted her face on the franc in the 1970s. Later in life, she was highly criticized for Islamophobia.

Brigitte Bardot, who has died aged 91, embodied a new kind of female sexuality on screen - until she walked away from cinema to become an animal rights activist.