Terrina Chrishell

  Terrina Chrishell Stause (born July 21st, 1981) is an American actor from the United States. Her character on the Netflix reality series Selling Sunset is her most popular, as are her appearances on All My Children and Days of Our Lives. Stause was an Draffenville, Kentucky native. She went to Murray State University, from where she graduated with a B.A. in theater in 2003. The title of her middle name "Chrishell" was a portmanteau name that was created to commemorate the unusual birth circumstances. The mother of her child was born to the baby at a Shell station. Chris, a Shell station attendant, was there to assist her during her birth. However, in her book Strause does not deny the gossip surrounding her birth. She revealed that her mother suffered from car troubles and pulled into the gas station. She enrolled in pre-labor while she was at the car station. The attendant at the car helped her reach an emergency room. Strause was delivered in the hospital. Her mother divorced from her biological father, who was half Japanese/half Spanish before she knew she was expecting. Jeff is her step-son. Chrishell Strause skipped a whole year of middle school as she was forced into a tent. At the time, Strause mentioned washing her hair in the river, taking food stamps, and concealing her personal life from students. Her parents "struggled with mental and addiction health" and for a period joined the Worldwide Church of God when she was 10 years old. Strause says her mother was having a free spirit and self-righteous. Her mother did not have an occupation that was steady.