Brigitte Bardot was one of the most recognizable faces of the 1950s and 1960s before becoming a controversial figure in later years.

The French model, singer and actress first made headlines when she appeared on the cover of Elle at just 15 years old. She went on to become an international sex symbol and, later, a devoted animal activist after she retired from show business in 1973.

In 1996, Bardot published her highly criticized memoir Initiales B. B: Mémoires, in which she shared her support for far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen. She’s also been charged several times for inciting racial hatred related to comments she made in articles and interviews, including a 2008 incident where she was fined $16,800 for making anti-Muslim statements in a letter to then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.

Over the course of her career, Bardot has had several high-profile relationships, including four marriages. Currently, she is married to businessman Bernard d’Ormale, whom she wed in 1992. The Contempt star is also a mom to one son, Nicholas, whom she welcomed with her second husband and has a strained relationship with.

Despite her on-screen success, Bardot is notoriously private when it comes to her personal life and her relationships. In fact, her first husband, director Roger Vadim, once said that she never cared much for the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.

“She did not get much affection from her parents, and when we started dating, she didn’t want jewels, but a dog,” Vadim said of Bardot and her passion for animals. “She was always allergic to fame, power and everything that connoted success. The innocence and honesty of animals reassured her.”

Here’s a look back at Brigitte Bardot’s dating history.

Roger Vadim

Bardot met French director Roger Vadim when she was 16, and he was 22. She and Vadim married on Dec. 21, 1952, three months after her 18th birthday.

Vadim directed Bardot in And God Created Woman, his directorial debut, in 1956. On the set, she began an affair with her costar Jean-Louis Trintignant, a fellow actor. Bardot and Vadim amicably divorced in April 1957