Valerie Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an actress best known for her role as the younger daughter on the long-running television show One Day at a Time. In later years she appeared on a number of made-for-television movies, and joined the cast of Touched by an Angel in 2001.
She was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She married Eddie Van Halen in April 1981; they had a son ten years later. They announced in 2002 that they had been separated since October 2001.