Valerie Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an actress best known for her role as the younger daughter, Barbara Cooper, 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 married Eddie Van Halen in April 1981; they had a son, Wolfgang "Wolfie" William Van Halen , ten years later. They announced in July 9, 2002 that they had been separated since October 2001.