Terrina Chrishell

 Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21st 1981) is an American actress. Her appearance on the Netflix reality series Selling Sunset is her most popular, as are her roles in All My Children and Days of Our Lives. Stause was born in Draffenville. She earned her degree from Murray State University with a B.A. in theater in 2003. The name she was given, Chishell was a portmanteau derived out of the peculiar circumstances of her birth. Her mother was in labor in Shell Station, and Chris her attendant assisted her to deliver her baby. Strause dispels gossip about her child's birth in her book. She claims her mother was suffering from issues with her car and stopped at a gas station. She went into pre-labor while waiting in the station. The attendant helped her to the hospital. Strause was conceived in an in-hospital. Her mother didn't know of the fact that Strause was pregnant. Strause broke up with her biological father who was half Japanese and half Spanish. Jeff is her stepfather. Chrishell Strause had to live in a tent during middle school, so she missed a full academic year. Strause told her story about washing her hair in the river as she hid from her friends, and how she used food stamps. When she was 10, her parents struggled with addiction and mental illness. She joined the Worldwide Church of God for a period of time. Strause describes her mother as a self-righteous and free spirit. Her mother did not have any steady employment.