Valerie Bertinelli shares make-up free bedroom selfie as she prepares for 'terrifying' return to acting
Valerie Bertinelli shared a candid make-up free selfie as she reflected on her 'terrifying' return to acting this week.
The actress, 65, revealed she is scheduled to be on set the following day at 4:18AM for her first acting job in four years.
Valerie shared a radiant snap of herself in bed as she anticipated the upcoming early rise, but stressed she was 'grateful' for the job, a gig for Lifetime.
'It's the small things that can always make me happy and grateful. Dancing sunlight streaming through a window in the morning? Happy,' Valerie - who recently revealed her size with DailyMail.com - wrote in the caption with a smiling emoji on Sunday.
'4:18a call-time tomorrow morning? Maybe not happy per se, but I'm so grateful to be working,' she added.
'What's something small that makes you happy and/or grateful?' the actress then asked followers.
The post was tagged in Vancouver, British Columbia, hinting that's where the set is located.
She also uploaded video of her laying in bed and wishing followers a good morning.
'I love the way the sun comes in my bedroom window,' she said before erupting into a giggle. 'Good morning!'
Valerie revealed last week she is working on a new project for Lifetime - however did not reveal exactly what it was.
She said it had 'an amazing script written by an amazing writer and the cast is beyond my wildest dreams.'
The actress, who hasn't really tackled a major part in nearly a decade, said to make the most of the opportunity, 'I must break down all my barriers, shut out the outside noise and be openly vulnerable. It's the only way to let the real, authentic emotions flow.'
'I knew I was feeling a little fear. It's been a while' she said, explaining the photos attached to the post, 'But, I didn't realize how really terrified I was until I looked at these selfies that I took to send to production.'
'I thought I was doing a pretty decent job of walking and talking through the fear and anxiety but my eyes never ever lie. You can see the fear and doubt in them.'
The One Day at a Time star, who won hearts at teen Barbara Cooper in the 1970s, said the fear was 'just my process.... I've been doing this for over 50 years, (it's like riding a bike, right?) but I just love this script so much and I wanna do it justice. There's always that thought that I'm gonna be the one that f*cks up the whole project, right?'
She told her fans she would 'feel the fear and do it anyway' by transferring 'the fear and anxiety into joy and excitement. They're the same sort of feelings just on a different spectrum.'
Bertinelli's mother put her in acting classes as a child to help her overcome her shyness and become more outgoing the actress told the Wall Street Journal in 2022, admitting that she was 'super-duper shy.'
After some small parts, an appearance in the TV dramady Apple's Way put her in the path of producer Norman Lear to audition for the role of Barbara on One Day at a Time, opposite Bonnie Franklin and Mackenzie Phillips.
The beloved sitcom about a divorced mom and her two daughters debuted in 1975 and won two Emmy awards.
She and her cast members earned a People's Choice Award for their roles as over-40 single women looking for love in the sit-com Hot in Cleveland; Seen here with co-stars Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick in 2010
Bertinelli grew up with her character, going from a teen to married, working woman juggling work and family life.
She won a Golden Globe award for her work in 1981 and 1982.
She and her cast members earned a People's Choice Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for their roles as over-40 single women looking for love in the sit-com Hot in Cleveland.
Turning her love of cooking into a new career, Bertinelli won two Emmy awards for her Food Network show Valerie's Home Cooking in 2019.
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