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BEVERLY HILLS, California - Late Australian actor Heath Ledger won a posthumous Golden Globe award here Sunday for his performance as The Joker in Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight".
Batman director Christopher Nolan collected the best supporting actor award on behalf of Ledger, who died of an accidental overdose in January last year at the age of 28.
"For any of us to enjoy his performance he will be eternally missed, but he'll never be forgotten," Nolan said.
"For any of us lucky enough to work with him, I think for any of us lucky enough to enjoy his performances, he will be eternally missed, but he will never be forgotten," he added.
Ledger was nominated in the best supporting actor category alongside Tom Cruise ("Tropic Thunder"), Ralph Fiennes ("The Duchess"), Philip Seymour-Hoffman ("Doubt") and Robert Downey Jr ("Tropic Thunder").
Other early winners on Sunday included British duo Kate Winslet and Sally Hawkins, who won the supporting actress and comedy actress awards for their roles in "The Reader" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" respectively.
Winslet, 33, who had been nominated at the Globes on five previous occasions, beat out Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona"), Marisa Tomei ("The Wrestler") and "Doubt" co-stars Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
"Wall-E", a Disney/Pixar movie about a garbage-collecting robot left on Earth after humans have abandoned the planet, picked up the best animated film prize.
Golden Globes organisers only launched the animated film prize in 2007 and so far all three winners of the award have been Disney/Pixar films, "Cars" and "Ratatouille" taking the award in the past two years.
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