Washington, Feb 14 : Hollywood actress Naomi Watts hopes that late actor Heath Ledger will win the Oscar for his role as Joker in `The Dark Knight'.

The `King Kong' actress says that she is yet to come to terms with the untimely death of her former beau last year.

"Oh, of course. I mean, I hope he''ll win. He did some brilliant work, and he has done many beautiful performances . very, very sad," CBS News quoted her as saying in an interview to Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith

Watts also revealed Sean Penn to be one of her Oscar's hot favourites in the Best actor category.

"But also, Sean Penn, I think in ''Milk'' -- extraordinary transformation. I hope he gets it," she added. (ANI)