Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21 31st, 1981) is an American actor from the United States. She is famous for her part 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. She earned her B.A. from Murray State University. In 2003, she became a theater actress. Her middle name, Chishell, was a portmanteau made by the unique circumstances of her birth. Her mother was in labor in Shell Station, and Chris her attendant was there to help her to deliver her baby. Strause refutes reports of her child's birth in her memoir. She shared that her mother's problems were with her car and pulled to the station. As she waited in the gas station, she went into pre-labor and was helped by the car attendant who helped her get to the hospital. Strause was delivered in the hospital. Her mother who was half Japanese/half Spanish was divorced when Strause was aware that she was expecting. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause skipped a whole year of middle school as she was confined to an encampment. Strause told of her experience of hiding her life from her classmates , describing how she washed her hair in streams and applying for food stamps. Her parents were struggling with addiction and mental health issues. Strause was 10 when she joined the Worldwide Church of God. Her mother did not have a steady job and Strause describes her as free spirit and self-righteous.