Heath Ledger’s daughter bears a striking resemblance to her father.
Matilda, who was just two years old when her father died in 2008, has become Heath’s spitting image in the 15 years since his untimely death.
The now 17-year-old student, whose mother is actress Michelle Williams, looks just like the 10 Things I Hate About You actor in recent photos, as she inherited her father’s wavy sandy hair and strong features .
Heath Ledger’s daughter bears a striking resemblance to her father. Matilda, who was just two when her father died in 2008, has become Heath’s spitting image in the 13 years since his untimely death. She is pictured with her mother, Michelle Williams, in 2019
And it seems the uncanny resemblance doesn’t stop there, as Heath’s father Kim previously revealed that Matilda is also continuing his legacy with her persona.
“She has a tremendous amount of his mannerisms. She’s very curious, she has his energy because Heath hasn’t slept since he was two and Matilda is like that,” Kim previously told The Project.
“I mean, she just has this ball of energy and she’s giving off this little aura. Heath was like that. So it’s really fabulous.’
Last year the star – who currently resides in New York with her mother, stepfather Thomas Kail and a two-year-old sibling – expressed interest in traveling to Australia to meet the father’s side of the family.
Matilda bears a striking resemblance to the 10 Things I Hate About You actor in recent photos, as she inherited her father’s wavy sandy hair and striking facial features. Left: Heide in 2001; right: Matilda in 2019
“Michelle is extremely protective of Matilda and tried so hard to protect her from public life, but she accepted Matilda’s wishes,” a source told Women’s Day.
“She knows how Heath died and how much he loved her. Not to mention how much his family loves her and that she always has a home with them,” the source added.
In March 2012, an insider claimed Matilda had also recently sparked an interest in one of Heath’s old hobbies: chess.
“Heath was obsessed with chess and now Matilda is getting pretty good at it. She even has her dad’s old chess board,” the source told New Idea.
“Matilda has the skills to be a grandmaster. Michelle [Williams] thinks that’s a great thing and will keep them from doing no good.’
In 2019, Michelle gave fans an update on her life as she raised Matilda as a single mom on Heath’s 40th birthday.
“She has a tremendous amount of his mannerisms”: The uncanny resemblance doesn’t stop there, as Heath’s father Kim previously revealed that Matilda is also continuing his legacy with her persona. Pictured: Matilda Ledger in October 2009
The Dawson’s Creek actress, who appeared on Live With Kelly and Ryan, described her experience as a parent: “So far, so good.”
The four-time Oscar nominee admitted she was preparing for Matilda’s teenage years, which can be a notoriously difficult time in any young person’s life.
“Every morning we wake up and I check to see if the transformation has happened and if it’s turned into the next level that I keep hearing about, but we’re not there yet,” she said.
Decline: Reportedly a drug user for years, things came to a head when Heath juggled too many films – including his latest role The Dark Knight – with very little sleep and began relying on various recipe cocktails to silence his mind out
Michelle was in a relationship with Heath from 2004 to late 2007. The couple welcomed Matilda, their only child, in October 2005.
Heath died on January 22, 2008 in a New York City apartment after accidentally overdosing after months of physical and mental exhaustion.
Reportedly a longtime drug user, things came to a head when he juggled too many films – including his most recent role The Dark Knight – with very little sleep and began relying on various recipe cocktails to shut his mind down.
“I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted and my mind was still working,” he told the New York Times in an interview in November — just two months before he died at the age of 28.
He was found to have taken a lethal combination of six drugs: two types of narcotics, two types of anti-anxiety drugs and two types of sleeping pills.