Chrishell Stause spent nine seasons as one of the most recognizable faces on Netflix’s Selling Sunset before a brief, alliance-driven run on Season 3 of The Traitors and a major career pivot that followed soon after: a return to soap opera acting, the genre where she started, on the other side of the world.
Stause was born Terrina Chrishell Stause on July 21, 1981, in Draffenville, Kentucky, and was raised by a single mother of four. Long before real estate made her famous, she was working as a soap opera actress trying to break into a very different corner of television.
From Draffenville, Kentucky, to Murray State
Stause grew up in western Kentucky and went on to graduate from Murray State University in 2003 with a degree in theatre. That training led her toward daytime television rather than reality TV, the genre that would eventually make her a household name.
A Soap Opera Career Before Reality TV
Stause built her early acting career on soap operas, playing Amanda Dillon on ABC’s All My Children from 2005 to 2011, before moving to NBC’s Days of Our Lives as Jordan Ridgeway from 2013 to 2015 and later returning to the role on a recurring basis. She also appeared on The Young and the Restless. That decade of daytime work gave her a real acting resume years before Selling Sunset existed.
Selling Sunset and the Exit After Nine Seasons
Stause joined the cast of Netflix’s Selling Sunset as one of its original agents in 2019, and the show turned her into one of the platform’s most bankable reality personalities across nine seasons, built around both her real estate deals and her personal life. In November 2025, following the release of Season 9 and a reunion special, Stause told Bustle she was done with the show for good, saying “not even Jesus Christ himself” could bring her back. She described the reunion taping as “brutal,” adding, “I realized I will be done here going forward. I wish everyone the best, but this isn’t the place for me. It felt a little bit like a dog pile.” She also said the decision came from a mental-health standpoint as much as a financial one, noting she no longer needed the show the way she once did.
Marriage to G Flip
Stause began dating Australian musician G Flip in 2022, and the two married in May 2023. She has spoken publicly about the strange adjustment of Traitors filming rules, no phones allowed in the castle, meaning she and her wife went from talking daily to total radio silence for the length of the shoot.
The Bambis and an Unusual Elimination
Stause played Season 3 as a Faithful and formed a visible alliance and friendship with fellow Faithfuls Gabby Windey and Nikki Garcia, a trio that nicknamed themselves “the Bambis.” That alliance had a rocky moment when Stause helped point suspicion toward Garcia, contributing to her banishment. Stause’s own run ended in one of the season’s more unusual twists: rather than a standard Round Table vote, she was murdered by Traitors Danielle Reyes and Carolyn Wiger in a face-to-face reveal sequence.
She also developed a real, documented dislike of castmate Tom Sandoval almost as soon as he arrived, tied directly to his public reputation from Vanderpump Rules rather than anything that happened inside the game.
Returning to Acting on Neighbours
Since leaving Selling Sunset, Stause has leaned back into the acting career she started before real estate ever entered the picture. She joined the cast of the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, playing Yasmine “Yas” Shields, described as a glamorous, successful businesswoman pursuing a new opportunity, a role that also puts her closer to G Flip’s home country during filming.
Life Now
Between closing the door on Selling Sunset on her own terms, a Traitors run that ended in one of the season’s stranger eliminations, and a return to the soap-opera format that trained her in the first place, Stause has spent the past year rebuilding her public identity around acting rather than real estate. More on how the rest of Season 3 played out is covered in OpenThreadNews’ Traitors Season 3 cast guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did Chrishell Stause leave Selling Sunset?
Yes. She announced in November 2025, after nine seasons, that she would not return, citing the toll a “brutal” reunion took on her and telling Bustle she no longer needed the show financially or emotionally.
Who is Chrishell Stause married to?
She has been married to Australian musician G Flip since May 2023.
Did Chrishell Stause win The Traitors?
No. She played as a Faithful in Season 3 and was murdered mid-season by Traitors Danielle Reyes and Carolyn Wiger in a face-to-face reveal rather than a standard Round Table vote.
