Cardinale remained active in film well into her later years, with projects like Netflix’s Rogue City (2020), and earned accolades for her dedication to the craft. She is remembered as a strong, independent woman who balanced a demanding career with motherhood, leaving behind her children Patrick and Claudia, along with a lasting legacy of cinematic brilliance. Her death in Nemours, France, was announced by her agent, who described her as “a free and inspired woman both as a woman and as an artiste.”