Michelle Williams has stepped up security at her New York home in a bid to protect her family from the paparazzi.
The actress has been hounded by photographers since the death of her ex Heath Ledger in January 2008.
Williams has since hired a bodyguard to shield her and two-year-old daughter Matilda from the waiting press.
A source tells New York gossip column Page Six, "Before Michelle leaves the house with Matilda, she has a bodyguard go around her block and make sure there are no photographers."
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