Valerie Bertinelli's Real Name: Valerie Anne Bertinelli

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Valerie Bertinelli. Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide independently give the full name Valerie Anne Bertinelli. Encyclopedia.com and the Hollywood Walk of Fame independently date her birth to April 23, 1960, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers support the documented full name Valerie Anne Bertinelli. Encyclopedia.com gives that full name, dates the birth to April 23, 1960, in Wilmington, Delaware, and identifies her as the daughter of Andrew, an automotive executive, and Nancy, a travel agent, and says she studied at the Tami Lynn Academy of Artists in California and at the Hollywood Professional School. TV Guide independently lists the birth name Valerie Anne Bertinelli and the birthplace as Wilmington, Delaware, and says she trained in acting at the Tami Lynn School of Artists, appeared in a J.C. Penney commercial at age 12, and made her screen acting debut on the television series Apple's Way in 1974. The Hollywood Walk of Fame independently dates the birth to April 23, 1960, in Wilmington, Delaware, and also names Apple's Way among her early television credits.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com says she played Barbara Cooper Royer on CBS's One Day at a Time from 1975 to 1984, and records Golden Globe Awards for best supporting actress in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for television in 1981 and 1982, plus a 1983 Golden Globe nomination, all for that series. TV Guide independently lists those two Golden Globe wins and names Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time and Melanie Moretti on Hot in Cleveland as the roles for which she is best known. The Hollywood Walk of Fame independently calls her a two-time Golden Globe winner, dates her big break on Norman Lear's One Day at a Time to 1975, when she was 14, and later names Hot in Cleveland, along with a 2011 Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination for that series. Encyclopedia.com also lists later series work including Sydney (1990), Cafe Americain (1993–94), and Gloria on Touched by an Angel (2001–2003). TV Guide independently records a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding culinary host, and says she published the book Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Valerie Bertinelli or Valerie Anne Bertinelli are looking for the same actress. Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide support the full name used in the title.