Matilda Ledger: Teen daughter of Heath Ledger appears spitting image of late Perth-born star in New York
She’s all grown up, and at 19, Matilda Ledger appears to bear a closer resemblance to her late Perth-born father Heath with each passing year.
The teen stepped out for a shopping trip in her native New York City this week, spotted in a black tank top, denim skirt, and red ballet flats, matched with a love heart pendant and golden hoop earrings.
Later she could be seen donning a blue and white sweater while riding a rental Citi-bike, with her long brown locks, akin to her father’s, swirling in the wind.
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Her mother, American actress Michelle Williams, 44, noted the pair’s physical resemblance even in Matilda’s early years.
“I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father,” she said in a statement following Ledger’s death.
In August 2024, the mother and daughter were seen hand-in-hand on the streets of New York, with Matilda’s height on display as she towered over the petite Dying For Sex star.
In recent years, following her mother’s 2020 marriage to director Thomas Kail, the teen has become a half-sister to three young siblings.
Williams and Ledger met on the set of Brokeback Mountain, in which they played a lovelorn married couple.
They pair split after a three-year relationship when Matilda was just two years old.
