Williams heartbroken over Ledger

Michelle Williams broke her silence Friday, saying her “heart is broken” over Heath Ledger in her first statement since the “Brokeback Mountain” actor’s death.

The 27-year-old actress and Ledger became a couple during filming of 2005’s “Brokeback,” in which they costarred as husband and wife. They later settled in New York, and had a daughter, Matilda, born October 2005.

“I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father,” Williams said in a statement. “All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day.”

Ledger, 28, died in his Manhattan apartment Jan. 22. The couple had separated last September.