Boulting was brought up from age two to nine by her grand-parents when her mother moved to London in 1949 to start a career as one of the most successful fashion models of the 1950s and early 1960s.
At Ballet School, aged 15, Ingrid was photographed by Bob Willoughby and appeared on the cover of Queen magazine (October 1962) as a student ballerina.
She embarked on an acting career at the Oxford Playhouse, had minor roles in British Films and later became a fashion model.
[3] Boulting was the face of Biba Cosmetics on the 1968 poster designed by Steve Thomas and photographed by Sarah Moon for Barbara Hulanicki's store Biba in London – the face behind black lace net veil looming out of darkness.
Boulting appeared on four British Vogue covers including three by David Bailey and one by Norman Parkinson.