Jake Gyllenhaal | Matilda Ledger – Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger’s Daughter

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal co-starred in the Oscar-nominated film credit Brokeback Mountain in 2005, alongside Heath’s then-girlfriend Michelle Williams. During the film’s promotion, the actress was pregnant with the couple’s only child, and when their daughter Matilda was born in October of that year, the couple chose Gyllenhaal as her godfather.

When Ledger died in 2008, Gyllenhaal moved in to assist Williams in caring for Matilda, who was just three years old at the time. Matilda does not have any memories of her late father, but with each passing year, she shows a stronger resemblance to him. Although Ledger’s films gave him cinematic immortality, Matilda remains the human manifestation of Ledger’s legacy to an incredible degree. As a result, Williams had to rapidly adjust to the fact that public interest in her and her daughter grew exponentially until they were on their own. The actress has accomplished the unthinkable by raising her now 15-year-old daughter with the late Ledger completely out of the spotlight.