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May 10, 2022 · Michelle Williams Recalls Time After Heath Ledger’s Death, And How Actor Jeremy Strong Really Stepped Up For Her Daughter Matilda. News. By Erik Swann. published 10 May 2022. The Oscar...
May 10, 2022 · In a new interview with Variety, the 41-year-old actress recalls Strong, 43, moving in with her and her daughter after Ledger — whom Williams had been separated from at the time — died...
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Breaking her public silence for the first time since his shocking overdose, the actress says in a heart-wrenching interview with ABC's Nightline that she "can't find a meaning" in Ledger's...
May 11, 2022 · In an interview with Variety, Williams recalled how the “Succession” star moved in with her and daughter Matilda, then 2, shortly after Heath Ledger died of an accidental drug overdose 2008.
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- Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger First Meet
- December 2004: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger Are First Spotted Together
- October 28, 2005: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger Welcome A Child Together
- Late 2005: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger Move from Hollywood to Brooklyn
- March 5, 2006: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger Attend The Oscars
- September 2007: Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger Break Up
Ledger and Williams met on the set of Brokeback Mountainwhen they were 25 and 23, respectively. Ledger plays closeted gay ranch hand Ennis Del Mar, and Williams was cast opposite the late actor as his wife and longtime love, Alma. It was a case of love at first sight for Ledger and Williams — partly due to an on-set sledding accident. "The first da...
The couple was seen out for a stroll in Ledger's native Australia in late 2004. In the new year, they hung out at Bondi Beach in Sydney, sipping some beers, overlooking the cliffs, and cozying up.
Within months of meeting, the two were engaged and expecting their first child. Just days before the film's release date, Williams and Ledger's daughter, Matilda Rose, arrived in New York City in October 2005, per People. Looking back at the fast pace of their relationship, Williams told GQin 2012, "Our initial meeting, the circumstances of how we ...
Despite being major movie stars, Ledger and Williams were really just hipster sweetheartsat the end of the day. Case in point: After welcoming their daughter Matilda, the new parents traded in Hollywood for a brownstone in Boerum Hill — inadvertently making Brooklyn cool. As with any other couple in the borough, Ledger was frequently spotted riding...
At the 2006 Academy Awards, the power couple were nominated for their roles in Brokeback Mountain —and, who could forget Williams's iconic canary yellow Vera Wang dress?
After three years together, Ledger and Williams split in September 2007. At the time, little details were given as to why they went their separate ways, but following Ledger's death in January 2008, it was believed that his drug use was a contributing factor. "Well, certainly Heath Ledger was a partier," said former People deputy editor in chief JD...
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Tragedy struck three months later when Ledger, at the tender age of 28 years old, abruptly passed away from an accidental overdose. It took Williams quite some time to release a statement about...
