Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause[1] (born July 21, 1981) is an American actress. Her most well-known role is her role as Amanda Dillon in All My Children as well as Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives. Stause was born in Draffenville in Kentucky. She graduated from Murray State University with a B.A. She began performing in theatre in 2003. The name she was given, Chishell, was a portmanteau derived out of the peculiar circumstances surrounding her birth. Her mom went into labor in Shell Station, and Chris her attendant assisted her to deliver her baby. But in her book Strause is adamant about the news surrounding her birth. She claimed that her mother was having issues with her car and stopped at a gas station. She entered pre-labor while waiting in the station. The attendant helped her to the hospital. Strause was born in an in-hospital. Before she knew she was pregnant her mother broke up with her biological father who was half Japanese and half Spanish. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause missed middle school for a full year because she had to live in a tent. Strause told of her experience of hiding her identity from her peers by recounting how she washed her hair in streams and applying food stamps. At the age of 10 years old, her parents "struggled with mental and addiction health." Strause then was a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Strause says Strause as a self-confident female who was self-righteous and was never able to hold any steady employment.