In April 2013, it was announced that Stause had joined the cast of NBC soap Days of Our Lives. She was a member of improvisational troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles. The soap was cancelled and ended on September 23, 2011, and later Stause guest starred in the second season of the Dana Delany series Body of Proof. The role of Amanda was previously portrayed by Alexis Manta. Stause is known for her portrayal of Amanda Dillon in the ABC soap opera All My Children, a role she began on May 4, 2005, when the character returned to Pine Valley after a five-year absence. Her mother never had a steady job and Strause describes her as free spirit and self-righteous.

Her parents 'struggled with addiction and mental health' and for a period joined the Worldwide Church of God when she was 10 years old.

At that time, Strause mentioned washing her hair in the river, using food stamps and hiding her life from classmates. Jeff is her stepfather.Ĭhrishell Strause missed a full year of middle school because she was forced to live in tent. Before knowing that she was pregnant, her mother broke up with her biological father, who was half Japanese and half Spanish. While waiting at the car station, she went into pre-labor and the car attendant genuinely helped her to reach a hospital. She mentioned that her mother had some car troubles and pulled into a gas station. However, in her book Strause denies the gossip on her birth. Her middle name 'Chrishell” is a portmanteau word created based on the unusual circumstances of her birth: her mother went into labor at a Shell station, and an attendant named Chris helped deliver the baby. She attended Murray State University, from which she received her B.A. Stause was born in Draffenville, Kentucky.

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