Michelle Williams participates in Heath Ledger Scholarship Fund
Even though they were separated at the time of Heath Ledger’s death, Michelle Williams is still regarded as his widow of sorts. The actress is the mother of Ledger’s only child, and she took the news of his death very hard. Many insiders felt that the pair would have eventually reconciled. Now, Michelle is working with a film director to set up a scholarship fund for aspiring Australian actors in Heath’s name.
Aussies with Hollywood dreams will be given the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the late Heath Ledger.
At Thursday’s Australians in Film 2008 Breakthrough Awards in Beverly Hills, director Gregor Jordan announced the formation of a Heath Ledger scholarship fund to help struggling Australian actors. The plan is to select one young actor from Down Under each year — beginning next year — and give him or her the chance to make it in Hollywood.
Gregor, who became friends with Heath after directing him in 1999’s Two Hands, told the audience: “It’s going to involve a number of benefactors and there’s been a lot of interest already. I was talking to Michelle Williams, his partner and the mother of his child, today and Michelle has said she would be very proud and happy to be the first benefactor.”
This is a pretty cool idea, although I’m still unclear on how a scholarship is going to help a struggling actor make it in Hollywood. Isn’t that more about what you look like, who you know and who your agent will step on to get you a role? Or am I watching too much “Entourage?” Anyway, kudos to Michelle for agreeing to be a benefactor.
Michelle Williams is shown at the premiere of Synedoche, New York in Cannes with her co-stars Samantha Morton and Catherine Keener on 5/23/08, thanks to WENN.
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