Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Christopherhell Stause [1] was born on 21 July 1982. She is most famous for her role as Amanda Dillon in All My Children as well as Jordan Ridgeway on 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. Her middle name "Chrishell", an evocative portmanteau, was due to the unique circumstances in which her birth occurred the day her mother gave birth in a Shell station. Chris, an attendant assisted in the birth of her child. Strause has, however, denied any gossip about her birth. She also mentioned that her mother suffered from car troubles and pulled into an oil station. While waiting for her turn, she was admitted to pre-labor and was helped by the car attendant who helped her get to the hospital. Strause was born in the hospital. Her mother divorced from her biological father, who was half Japanese/half Spanish prior to her knowing she was pregnant. Jeff is her father. Chrishell Strause had to live in a tent in middle school, which meant she did not attend school for the full year. Strause recalled the time she washed her hair in a river eating food stamps, and concealing her identity from her peers. The parents of Strause "struggled with addiction and mental health" and for a period that was a time, she joined the Worldwide Church of God when she was 10 years old. Strause describes her mother as a self-righteous and reckless, and she did not have an income that was steady.