Gemma Louise Ward (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian fashion model turned actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Ward was first scouted at the age of 14, and made her Australian Fashion Week debut aged 15. She later became the youngest model to appear on the cover of the American edition of Vogue, later appearing on the covers of both Teen Vogue and Time. Ward's first major acting appearance was in the 2007 Australian film The Black Balloon, and she has since also appeared in the horror film The Strangers (2008) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).

Biography

In early 2008, Ward was reported to have been seeing actor Heath Ledger after media articles linked the two together at end of 2007 holiday celebrations.

Ward and Heath Ledger first met in November 2007 in New York when Ward had just turned 20. In 2011, in an interview for The Sunday Telegraph, Ward confirmed that they had "developed a relationship and we started seeing each other." The two then spent Christmas together in their home town of Perth before returning to New York where Ledger died less than a month later, on 22 January 2008.

Ward and her partner David Letts became parents in early December 2013. Gemma gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Naia.