Question: is lacey real in the act?
Answer: The character Lacey on Hulu's The Act is based off Aleah Woodmansee, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's neighbor in real life. Woodmansee was one of the only people who knew that Gypsy met men online and that she later had a relationship with Nicholas Godejohn, the man that helped Gypsy murder her mother, Dee Dee.