Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21 1981) is an American actress. She is most famous for her character Amanda Dillon in All My Children as well as Jordan Ridgeway on Days of Our Lives. Stause was born in Draffenville, Kentucky. She graduated with a B.A. from Murray State University. in theatre in 2003. Her middle name "Chrishell" is which is a portmanteau of her name, is a result of the unusual circumstances under which she was born the day her mother gave birth at an Shell station. Chris, an attendant was present to assist in the delivery of her baby. Strause dispels reports of her child's birth in her memoir. Strause told Strause her mother had car trouble and she parked at an auto repair shop. She entered pre-labor while she was at the station. The attendant in the car helped her reach a hospital. Strause was born in the hospital. Prior to finding out she was expecting, her mother separated her from her father, who was half Japanese half Spanish. Jeff is her father. Chrishell Strause was forced to live in a tent during a year during middle school. Strause remembers washing her hair in a river, eating food stamps, and concealing her identity from her peers. When she was 10, her parents were struggling with mental illness and addiction. She joined the Worldwide Church of God for a time. Strause says her mother was having a free spirit and self-righteous. Her mother didn't have an occupation that was steady.