Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21st, 1981) is an American actor from the United States. Her most well-known role is 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 degree from Murray State University with a B.A. Theatre was her first passion in 2003. Her middle name, Chishell, was a portmanteau derived by the unique circumstances of her birth. Her mom went into labor in Shell Station and Chris, her attendant helped her to deliver her baby. Strause's book debunks the myths regarding her birth. She also revealed that her mother was having issues with her car and drove into the gas station. She was in pre-labor while waiting in the station, and the attendant assisted her in getting to an hospital. Strause was born at the hospital. Before she knew she was expecting her mother split up with her father's biological father, who was half Japanese and half Spanish. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause missed middle school for a full year because she was living in the shelter of a tent. In that moment, Strause mentioned washing her hair in the river, relying on food stamps and concealing her life from classmates. Her parents "struggled with addiction and mental health" and she when she joined the Worldwide Church of God when she was 10 years old. Strause describes her mother as self-righteous and reckless, and she did not have an income steady.