Who is heath ledger father

January 22nd this month will mark 13 years since her father's untimely passing but the legacy of Heath Ledger is still very much alive in his only daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger. It's easy to see just how much Matilda, now 15, looks like her Oscar-winning dad, who sadly passed away in Indeed, the striking resemblance has been noticed by her loved ones including her grandfather Kim Ledger. She's very inquisitive, she's got his energy, cause Heath never slept from when he was two and Matilda's like that," [Kim told Channel Ten's The Project in a past interview.

So it's fabulous really. She's always full of questions, always wanting to know this or that about her dad. And I guess that will just get more intense as she gets older and obviously we would welcome that," Kim poignantly added of Matilda's mother, who was with the Perth-born actor for three years between and In , the Brokeback Mountain star's childhood friend Kane Manera told People that he was a natural father.

Michelle wed theatre director Thomas Kail in March last year and the couple welcomed a child together shortly after - meaning Matilda is now a big sister. Click through the gallery to see Matilda over the years. Celeb News He may not have been able to attend but Matthew Newton's moving tribute at his father Bert's funeral proves his love Woman's Day Today am.

TV Could this be the end of celebrity reality TV shows? The two began a whirlwind relationship, and their daughter, Matilda Rose, was born on October 28, , in New York City. Problems with paparazzi in Australia prompted Ledger to sell his residence in Bronte, New South Wales, and move to the United States, where he shared an apartment with Williams in Brooklyn, from to On January 22, , Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, and his masseuse, Diana Wolozin, at his apartment in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.

Emergency medical technicians arrived at Ledger's apartment at p. At p. Soon after Ledger's death reached the news, erroneous reports began to surface, incorrectly claiming that the apartment he was in belonged to Olsen.

It was later reported by People magazine that Diana Wolozin who found Ledger unconscious had called Olsen before calling authorities because Olsen and Ledger had been casually dating in the months before his death. Ledger had told The New York Times in November that he was taking Ambien, a prescription medication used for the short-term treatment of insomnia.

He discussed the difficulty that he was having with portraying the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight , a character he described as a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy.

My body was exhausted and my mind was still going. The coroner's report ruled his death an accident. Before his unfortunate passing, Ledger completed filming The Dark Knight. The blockbuster opened in U.

Scenes that placed Ledger in a realistic world had been completed in London. After his passing, Ledger's role was recast to have new actors portray his "physically transformed versions" in a magical realm, including Johnny Depp , Jude Law and Colin Farrell. The film premiered on Christmas Day I Am Heath Ledger, a feature-length documentary celebrating his life using footage he had filmed himself, was released in theaters and aired in May Sometimes, the passing of a loved one can lead to a family feud over the estate.

The Ledger family certainly was no exception to that, and it didn't even start after Heath's death. In fact, it started fifteen years before his death. In fact, because of that, he was removed as executor of the estate. The family feud began in when their grandfather, Sir Frank Ledger, a well respected engineer, passed away. There were also court documents that revealed that Frank's daughters accused Kim of placing his own interests before that of the trust and has used the assets to advance his business interests.

As of , 27 years after Frank's death, Kim and his brothers have been estranged since the dispute. Today, Matilda is 14 years old and seems to be living a normal teenage life in New York City. She's also getting ready to be a big sister, as her mother, Michelle Williams is pregnant with her second child , her first with Hamilton director, Thomas Kail. Williams is notorious for keeping her family life private, which explains why we don't hear much about Matilda these days.