Biography
The only child of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Ireland Baldwin signed with IMG Models in March of 2013, but had been in the news long before her career was established. In 2007, Baldwin was the subject of national news headlines after an angry and punitive voicemail from her father (reportedly leaked by Ireland's mother, whose divorce from her ex-husband was notably acrimonious on both sides) was made public. Alec Baldwin made a public apology, but Ireland continued to be the focus of media attention following the incident, and the tabloid press regularly documented her personal life. Baldwin first appeared as a model in a swimwear spread for The New York Post, in 2013. In June of that year, Baldwin was named as Vanity Fair's It Girl and photographed for the occasion by fashion photography legend Patrick Demarchelier. This honor was followed up by an interview in Elle magazine's September issue the same year. In 2013, at the age of 17, Baldwin wrote an impassioned post on her Tumblr, decrying those in the media who criticized her body, her family and her relationship with her parents. The following year, Baldwin's relationship with rapper Angel Haze was made public and the pair's relationship became the subject of public scrutiny and paparazzi stakeouts. Baldwin made her debut as an actress in the film "Grudge Match" (2013), playing the younger version of the character played by her mother, Kim Basinger.
