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The 91-year-old screen icon opens up about her struggles with depression in the new doc, titled "Bardot."

Brigitte Bardot says a 'miracle' saved her from multiple suicide attempts in new documentary

The 91-year-old screen icon opens up about her struggles with depression in the new doc, titled "Bardot."

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Brigitte Bardot in 2007 and 1963. Credit:

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Brigitte Bardot says it's because of a "miracle" that she is still alive today.

In *Bardot*, a new documentary about her life, the 91-year-old French film star gets candid about her battle with depression and the toll that stardom took on her mental health. While looking back on her career, Bardot revealed that she made several attempts on her life during the height of her fame.

"I was taking my own life," Bardot said in the doc, according to *The Sunday Times*. "And I was saved by a miracle."

Bardot did not elaborate on what the miracle was, but did note that her battle with depression is something she is working through to this day.

"Every morning I wake up, and I am sad," she shared.

Brigitte Bardot on the set of "Le Mepris" ("Contempt").

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Bardot previously referenced her suicide attempts and other self-destructive behavior in her 1998 autobiography, where she also opened up about dealing with alcohol abuse.

"When you live such intense moments as I have done there is always a bill to pay," she told* The Guardian *while promoting the book that year. She admitted that prior to retiring from acting in 1973, she was at one point drinking two bottles of champagne and three bottles of wine a day.

"You cannot escape the distress which follows great happiness," she added, when discussing her suicide attempts.

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The former actress and current animal rights activist rocketed to fame as a sex symbol of the '50s and '60s. She gained recognition for roles in Roger Vadim's *And God Created Woman *and Jean-Luc Godard's *Le Mépris* and soon became an international fashion icon. Following her retirement, Bardot became known as an outspoken activist for animal rights and for voicing strong, controversial opinions — such as denouncing the #MeToo movement in 2018.

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Her new documentary comes a few months after French newspaper *Var-matin* reported in October that Bardot had undergone surgery "as part of a serious illness" and received three weeks of hospital treatment. The nature of the illness was not disclosed.

Around the same time, rumors emerged that she had died — which she swiftly dispelled on social media.

"I am doing well and I have no plan on taking my bow," Bardot wrote in a translated post X.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741, or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

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