Hilaria Baldwin

Hilaria Baldwin (born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas) is a yoga instructor, author and podcast host best known for her marriage to actor Alec Baldwin and her presence in the wellness and lifestyle space. Hilaria studied ballet, ballroom and Latin dance growing up and later attended New York University, where she majored in art history and dance.

Hilaria began her professional career as a yoga instructor and cofounded the New York-based Yoga Vida studio in 2009. Her public profile rose after she began dating Alec in 2011. The couple wed the following year at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York City. She became a frequent guest on talk shows and lifestyle segments and released her book, The Living Clearly Method, in 2016, which focused on health and mindfulness. She also cohosted the “Mom Brain” podcast with Daphne Oz from 2018 to 2020.

In 2025, it was announced that she would compete on season 34 of Dancing With the Stars.

Hilaria and Alec share seven children: Carmen (born in 2013), Rafael (born in 2015), Leonardo (born in 2016), Romeo (born in 2018), Eduardo (born in 2020), Lucía (born in 2021 via surrogate) and Ilaria (born in 2022). She is also a stepmother to Alec’s daughter Ireland (born in 1995), from a previous marriage.