Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause[1] (born July 21, 1981) is an American actress. She is well-known for her role on Selling Sunset, a Netflix reality TV show. Her earlier roles included Amanda Dillon (All My Children) and Jordan Ridgeway (Days of Our Lives). Stause was born in Draffenville (Kentucky). She received her B.A. from Murray State University. in 2003. She worked as a theater actress. The name she chose for her middle name, "Chrishell", is an expression of portmanteau that was developed from the bizarre circumstances of her birth. Her mother was born in the Shell station and Chris was present during the delivery. However, in her book Strause does not deny the gossip surrounding her birth. She spoke out about her mother's automobile issues, and pulled into an auto gas station. While waiting at the car station, she went into pre-labor. The attendant in the car truly helped her get to the hospital. Strause was born in an in-hospital. When she discovered that she was pregnant her mother divorced her from her father, who was half Japanese, half Spanish. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause skipped a whole year of middle school as she was forced into a tent. Strause remembered the time she washed her hair in a river using food stamps, and hiding her true identity from her classmates. When she was 10 years old, her parents "struggled with addictions and mental health." She then was a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Strause describes her mother as self-righteous , reckless, and she did not have an income steady.