Valerie Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960, in Wilmington, Delaware) became a teen icon starring as Barbara Cooper in the beloved sitcom One Day at a Time (1975–1984), a role that earned her two Golden Globe Awards. She later starred in Touched by an Angel (2001–2003) and Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015), the latter bringing her a SAG Award nomination and leading to her Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2012. Since 2015, she has found new fame as a Food Network host, presenting Valerie's Home Cooking and Kids Baking Championship (with Duff Goldman), for which she won two Daytime Emmy Awards. Beyond acting, she became a prominent Jenny Craig spokesperson in 2007 and authored the 2008 autobiography Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. Adding a surprising twist to her personal history, she discovered on Who Do You Think You Are? (2014) that she is a descendant of King Edward I of England.