Heath Ledger’s daughter Matilda, 19, is the spitting image of her late father while out and about in New York City
Matilda Ledger certainly takes after her father Heath Ledger.
The 19-year-old was the spitting image of her famous dad – who died in 2008 – as she stepped out in New York City on Thursday.
Matilda was dressed casually in a denim skirt and black singlet as she went on a solo shopping trip.
She carried a handbag over her shoulder and accessorised her look with a pair of red shoes.
She was seen riding a bike through the city before visiting a local clothing shop and nearby café.
The teenager shares many similarities with the late Australian actor and appears to have inherited her dad’s looks.
Matilda Ledger (pictured) was the spitting image of her famous dad Heath – who died in 2008 – as she stepped out in New York City on Thursday
Matilda was dressed casually in a denim skirt and black singlet as she went on a solo shopping trip
Matilda’s father Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing, following months of physical and mental exhaustion.
The Dark Knight actor died aged 28 after taking a fatal cocktail of drugs, leaving behind his daughter, who was two years old at the time.
Her mother Michelle Williams, who was in a relationship with Heath from 2004 to 2007 after meeting on the set of Brokeback Mountain, decided to raise Matilda away from the spotlight.
The Blue Valentine star took a hiatus from acting and moved to upstate New York with Matilda after Heath’s death.
She previously said the move stemmed from her desire to provide ‘a sane home environment’ for her daughter.
‘We moved – we left Brooklyn and lived in the country for six years because it was an intolerable state of existence,’ she told the New York Post in June 2016.
Years later, Michelle made the decision to return to the Big Apple and bought a property in Brooklyn, where she had lived before the move.
Before their breakup, Michelle and Heath had shared a $3.6million townhouse in Boerum Hill, a small neighbourhood in the northwestern portion of the borough.
She carried a handbag over her shoulder and accessorised her look with a pair of red shoes
She was seen riding a bike through the city before visiting a local clothing shop
After a day of shopping, Matilda was seen enjoying a meal at a nearby café
Matilda’s father Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion
Her mother Michelle Williams, who was in a relationship with Heath from 2004 to 2007 after meeting on set of Brokeback Mountain, decided to raise Matilda away from the spotlight
Michelle previously said the move stemmed from her desire to provide ‘a sane home environment’ for her daughter
Matilda was seen chatting on the phone as she crossed a New York road
Heath died aged 28 after taking a fatal cocktail of drugs, leaving behind his daughter, who was two years old at the time
Michelle, who is now married to theatre director Thomas Kail, previously spoke about wanting to give Matilda siblings in an interview with GQ in 2012.
‘I really wanted, and I really expected or imagined, that Matilda would have siblings that were close to her age. I wanted that for her. But I couldn’t make that happen,’ she said.
‘And now that she’s six, that isn’t even a possibility anymore. So something that was making me feel impatient, that’s been removed. For whatever reason, that’s not our luck, or our path.’
However eight years later, she found her happy ending with Thomas, whom she married in 2020. They went on to welcome a baby boy later that year and a second child followed in 2022.
