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Valerie Bertinelli

Acting

Born April 23, 1960 · Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Also known as Valerie · Valerie A. Bertinelli · Valerie Van Halen

Biography

Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress and television personality. She first achieved recognition as an adolescent, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom One Day at a Time (1975–1984), for which she won two Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. She subsequently earned adult stardom as Gloria on the religious drama series Touched by an Angel (2001–2003), and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015), which brought her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2012, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Bertinelli has hosted several programs for Food Network, such as the cooking shows Valerie's Home Cooking (2015–2023) and Kids Baking Championship (2015–2024), winning two Daytime Emmy Awards for the former out of six nominations. In December 2021, she signed a new deal with Food Network ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Culinary Program · 2019
  • TV Land Award · 2007
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1982
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1981
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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  • Children's and Family Emmy AwardOutstanding Host · 2023 · nominated
  • Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Culinary Program · 2018 · nominated
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series · 2011 · nominated
  • TV Land Award · 2005 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1983 · nominated
  • Young Artist Awards · 1981 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

Love, Again

2026as Caroline

The Golden Girls: Ageless

2021as Narrator (voice)

Boston Legal

2004as Carol Hober

Kids Baking Championship

as Self - Host

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Valerie's Home Cooking

as Self - Host

Family Guy

1999as Valerie Bertinelli (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Melanie Moretti

Touched by an Angel

1994as Gloria

Murder of Innocence

1993as Laurie Wade

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

2013as Rebecca Starkwell

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010as Self

One Day at a Time

1975as Barbara Cooper

Cutthroat Kitchen

2013as Self - Guest Judge

Iron Chef America: The Series

2004as Judge

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Finding Your Roots

2012

Saved!

2004as Self

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

Personally Yours

2000as Susannah Stanton

I'll Take Manhattan

as Maxime Amberville

Beat Bobby Flay

2013as Self

Two Mothers for Zachary

1996as Jody Ann Shaffell

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982as Kate Tosconi

Fridays

1980as Self - Guest Host

The Seduction of Gina

1984as Gina Breslin

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Guest Co-Host

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

The Promise of Love

1980as Kathy Wakeman

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979as Casey Norton

Number One with a Bullet

1987as Teresa Barzak

Silent Witness

1985as Anna Abbatieri-Dunne

The View

1997as Self

Robogobo

2025as Chef Polly (voice)