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Stephen Baldwin and his wife Kennya Baldwin. | Source: Getty images
Stephen Baldwin and his wife Kennya Baldwin. | Source: Getty images

Kennya Baldwin Has Been Stephen Baldwin's Supportive Wife for More than Three Decades

Jana Stevens
Dec 16, 2022
11:45 A.M.

Alec Baldwin has his youngest sibling beat if success is measured in box-office numbers and star power. However, Stephen Baldwin and his wife, Kennya Baldwin, have a marriage few A-listers like his brother can touch.

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Kennya Baldwin, a graphic designer by trade, is the daughter of Eumir Almeira, a massively successful Brazillian musician and producer who have worked with Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and Roberta Flack on "Killing Me Softly."

The most consistently solid couple in the Baldwin dynasty is also the most private. The graphic designer passed on her love for organic products, from household to beauty, to her daughter Hailey Bieber.

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Kennya Baldwin Grew up in Brazil in the Family of a Legendary Composer

Kennya was born and raised in Brazil to the composer Eumir Almeira, who has Italian and Portuguese ancestry. She attended the York Preparatory School in New York City and obtained a qualification in graphic design from the Parsons School of Design.

Famous in his homeland, Almeira broke into the United States market with "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (2001), for which he won the 1974 Best Pop Instrumental Performance Grammy but lost out to Marvin Hamlisch for Best New Artist.

His production on Kool and The Gang's "Celebration" made the track a number-one hit that has been featured in countless films and TV shows. He contributed "Get Down on It" to the "Legally Blonde" soundtrack and composed films like "The Onion Field" and "Bossa Nova."

Stephen Baldwin and his wife attend the premiere of "Camp Rock" on June 11, 2008, in New York. | Source: Getty Images

Stephen Baldwin and his wife attend the premiere of "Camp Rock" on June 11, 2008, in New York. | Source: Getty Images

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Kennya Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin Have One of the Strongest Hollywood Marriages

Shortly after Kennya and Stephen met in New York City subway in 1987 at 19, they started dating and married three years later on June 10, 1990. She became a born-again Christian at the turn of the century; her former bad-boy partner followed suit after the 9/11 terror attack in 2001.

Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly propositioned the graphic designer in a London bar in the '90s, to which she cheekily agreed if he asked her hubby first.

She appeared in a documentary about her husband, "Livin It: Unusual Suspects," with his brother Alec Baldwin and Bill Clinton.

Ruth Almeida, Kennya Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Tamer Seckin MD, Alaia Baldwin, Andrew Aronow and Hailey Bieber attend Endometriosis Foundation Of America's 10th Annual Blossom Ball on May 08, 2019, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. | Source: Getty Images

Ruth Almeida, Kennya Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Tamer Seckin MD, Alaia Baldwin, Andrew Aronow and Hailey Bieber attend Endometriosis Foundation Of America's 10th Annual Blossom Ball on May 08, 2019, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. | Source: Getty Images

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"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" actor was forced to file for bankruptcy protection due to a substantial debt of $2.3 million in 2009. His NYC real estate, in comparison, was valued at $1.1 million.

The stability that the model experienced from her parents, who she said on a podcast is "like best friends," was a positive force she could bring into her marriage.

Stephen named "forgiveness" the key to a successful marriage and said that young people often asked how it is possible that the youngest Baldwin brother has the most successful marriage. He gives all the credit to his "awesome" wife, who "puts up with" him.

(L-R) Hailey Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Alaia Bladwin and Kennya Baldwin attend Baume Mercier and Love146 Fund Raiser at Helen Mills Event Space on November 20, 2008, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images

(L-R) Hailey Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Alaia Bladwin and Kennya Baldwin attend Baume Mercier and Love146 Fund Raiser at Helen Mills Event Space on November 20, 2008, in New York City. | Source: Getty Images

Kennya Has a Beautiful Relationship with Her Daughters

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Kennya and Stephen have two daughters, Alaia, born January 23, 1993, and Hailey Rhode, on November 22, 1996. They became grandparents to Iris Elle Aronow on August 17, 2020, when Alaia gave birth to her first child with her husband, Andrew Aronow.

Alaia wished her "glowing vixen queen" mother a happy birthday on October 2, 2018, saying Kennya is beautiful inside and out. The eldest daughter of this branch of the Baldwin clan is a model and a junior board member for EndoFound of America.

Kenyatta posed in profile with Hailey Baldwin, who also goes by her married last name of Bieber, for Bare Minerals for their Phyto-Retinol campaign in February 2021.

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Hailey has since launched her own "clean" beauty brand, Rhode, and credits her mother for raising her on organic products.

The stability that the model experienced from her parents, who she said on a podcast is "like best friends," was a positive force she could bring into her marriage to Justin Bieber.

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Hailey revealed that during a rough patch in her marriage when Justin suffered from mental health issues, she turned to Kennya, who dealt with "hurtful and hard" situations in her three-decades-long union.

She recalled one particularly tough occasion when she called her mom from Brooklyn and felt she could not cope with her current reality for the rest of her life. Her mother calmly told her that Justin would get healthy again and that she and Stephen were there for her.

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