Michelle Williams to miss Australians In Film Heath Ledger sponsorship soiree Michelle Williams is unable to attend the awarding of a scholarship in memory of her former partner Heath Ledger. MICHELLE Williams and her daughter, Matilda Rose, will be no-shows at a very special dinner in LA on June 12 to announce the winners of this year's Australians In Film Heath Ledger Scholarship. The event, held at a lavish private home in the Hollywood Hills, will be attended by a dozen members of the late Heath Ledger's family including his father Kim (who is the patron of the scholarship) and mum Sally Bell along with his sister Kate. But missing from the poignant evening will be the late actor's former partner Williams and his daughter Matilda, 7. According to an AIF spokesman, Williams, who is soon to star in a movie, The Double Hour, alongside Joel Edgerton, contributes funds to the scholarship and also keeps in touch with the winners each year. Contenders for the 2013 scholarship include Hannah Barlow, Elizabeth Blackmore, Laura Brent, David Coussins, Ashleigh Cummings, Georgia Flood, Geraldine Hakewill, Andrew Hazzard, Will Howarth, Reef Ireland, Kate Jenkinson, Andrew Lees, James Mackay, Bob Morley and Alex Williams. The lucky winner will receive US$10,000, a Virgin Australia round-trip ticket to LA, a casting package and $5000 worth of visa and immigration services. In short, everything that is needed to set themselves up in LA. Last year's winner Anna McGahan, who currently stars in House Husbands, has been too busy with work to take up the award.