Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Christopherhell Stause was born on 21 July 1982. She is best known for her character Amanda Dillon in All My Children and Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives. Stause was born in Draffenville, Kentucky. She completed her B.A. at Murray State University. in 2003. She became a theater actress. Her middle name "Chrishell", which is a portmanteau of her name, is an omen of the bizarre circumstances in the birthing process: her mother gave birth at the Shell station. Chris, an attendant assisted in the birth of her child. Strause's book dispels the rumors about her birth. Strause spoke out about her mother's automobile issues and walked into an auto-gas station. She was in pre-labor while waiting at the station. The attendant assisted her in getting to the hospital. Strause was born at the hospital. Her mother who was half Japanese and half Spanish, split up before she knew she was pregnant. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause was forced to be in a tent during a year during middle school. Strause recalled the time she washed her hair in a river using food stamps, and hiding her real identity from her peers. Her parents "struggled with addiction and mental health" and for a period when she joined the Worldwide Church of God when she was 10 years old. Strause describes Strause as a self-confident, self-righteous woman who never had an employment that was steady.