Terrina Chrishell

Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21st, 1981) is an American actor from the United States. She is famous for her role in Selling Sunset, a Netflix reality show. Her previous roles included Amanda Dillon (All My Children) and Jordan Ridgeway (Days of Our Lives). Stause was born in Draffenville, Kentucky native. She graduated with a B.A. from Murray State University. in theater in 2003. The name she chose for her middle name "Chrishell", a portmanteau, is an omen of the bizarre circumstances under the birthing process when her mother gave birth at a Shell station. Chris, an attendant assisted in the birth of her baby. Strause's book debunks the myths about her birth. She revealed that her mother's problems were with her car and drove to the station. In the waiting area at the car station, she went into pre-labor and the car attendant genuinely helped her to reach an emergency room. Strause was born in a hospital. Her mother who was half Japanese/half Spanish and split before she knew she was expecting. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause missed middle school for the entire year because she had to live in a tent. Strause told of her experience of hiding her life from her classmates by describing how she was washing her hair in the rivers and applying food stamps. When she turned 10 years old, her parents "struggled with mental and addiction health." Then, she became a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Strause describes Strause as an independent female who was self-righteous and did not have a steady job.