Brigitte Bardot

Iconic provocateur - Some months before her death, Brigitte Bardot declared war.

- Veronique Greenwood

The actress, who leaped to global stardom as a nubile rebel in the 1956 film And God Created Woman, wanted the French government to outlaw hunting with hounds. It was a move characteristic of the latter half of her life, during which the plight of animals was often in focus. H