Terrina Christelle

 Terrina Christopherhell Stause was born on July 21, 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 earned her B.A. at Murray State University. In 2003, she became a theater actress. Her middle name, "Chrishell", is a portmanteau term that was developed from the bizarre circumstances surrounding her birth. Her mother was born in an Shell station, and Chris was present during the delivery. Strause, however, denies any information about her birth. She shared that her mother had problems with her car and pulled into the gas station. As she waited at the station, she entered pre-labor. The attendant in the car genuinely helped her to reach a hospital. Strause was born in a hospital. Her mother divorced from her biological father who was half Japanese/half Spanish before she realized she was expecting. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause missed a full year in middle school due to the fact that she was confined in a tent. Strause told of washing her hair in the river and taking food stamps to conceal her identity from classmates. Her parents were struggling with addiction and mental illness. Strause was 10 when she joined the Worldwide Church of God. Strause describes her mother as self-confident and self-righteous.