Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stase (11) was born July 21 1981. She is most famous for her character Amanda Dillon in All My Children and Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives. Stause was born in Draffenville. She graduated with a B.A. from Murray State University. The stage was her first performance in 2003. The name she was given, Chishell, was a portmanteau made by the unique circumstances surrounding her birth. Her mother was in labor in Shell Station, and Chris her attendant was there to help her birth the baby. Strause refutes the rumors about her baby's birth in her memoir. She shared that her mother was having issues with her car and pulled to the station. As she waited at the station, she went into pre-labor, and the attendant at the car was genuinely helpful in getting her to the hospital. Strause was born at a hospital. Her mother, who was half Japanese/half Spanish was divorced before Strause knew she was expecting. Jeff is her father. Chrishell Strause skipped a whole period of schooling when she was put in a tent. Strause remembers washing her hair in a river taking food stamps and concealing her identity from her peers. The parents of Strause "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 her mother as a self-righteous, free-spirited woman. Her mother did not have an occupation that was steady.