Bardot, whose death at 91 was announced today, was notoriously outspoken about her resentment of her pregnancy.

Bardot is survived by one adult child, Nicolas, with whom she had a complicated, estranged relationship. Here is where Nicolas is today and why the mother and son shared a strained bond.

Brigitte Bardot, who has died at the age of 91, swept away cinema's staid 1950s' portrayal of women - coming to personify a new age of sexual liberation.

Here's everything to know about Brigitte Bardot’s son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. On Jan. 11, 1960, Bardot welcomed son Nicholas with Charrier. According to a birth announcement in The New York Times, Nicholas was born at the then-couple's Paris apartment and weighed 7 lbs.

The promise Brigitte Bardot made to her estranged son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier before her death at 91 - The French icon once said she would have ‘preferred to give birth to a little dog’ when asked ab

Brigitte Bardot’s death, at the age of 91, brings to a close one of the most extraordinary careers in post-war French cultural life. Best known as an actress, she was also a singer, a fashion icon, an animal rights activist and a symbol of France’s sexual liberation.

Brigette Bardot, a French actress, model and singer, has died at age 91. Here, look back at some of Bardot's most enduring photographs from over the years after her death.