The Act (2019)
The Act (2019)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.
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SubsCurrently The Act is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Hulu
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Patricia Arquette
Dee Dee Blanchard
Joey King
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
AnnaSophia Robb
Lacey
Chloë Sevigny
Mel
Calum Worthy
Nick Godejohn
Nick Antosca
Creator / Executive Producer / Writer
Michelle Dean
Creator / Executive Producer
Zachary Galler
Director of Photography
David Kirchner
Co-Producer
Andrew Ing
Sound Effects Editor
Mindy Tiongco
Costume Supervisor
Brooke Lee Smith
Key Makeup Artist / Makeup Artist / Makeup Artist / Key Makeup Artist
Michele Michel
Costume Design
Trevor Cress
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Britton Rizzio
Executive Producer
Lawrence Kim
Art Direction
Mark Binder
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark LeDoux
Visual Effects Supervisor
Suzanne C. Robertson
Visual Effects Producer
Jeff Russo
Original Music Composer
Jan Peter Meyboom
Producer
Sarah Graham
Makeup Department Head
Elliot Hartley
Supervising Sound Editor
Gregory Shephard
Executive Producer
Teddy Blanks
Title Designer
Steven Piet
Director
Hannah Fidell
Director
Christina Choe
Director
Michelle Dean
Writer
Dan Dietz
Writer
Lisa Long
Writer
Robin Veith
Writer
Marion Dayre
Writer
Mary Hollis Inboden
Allison Granger
Nicholas Cirillo
Luke
Roy Williams Jr.
Doctor
Colby Boothman-Shepard
Zack
Poorna Jagannathan
Lakshmi Chandra
Alexandria DeBerry
Hayley
Sawyer Schultz
Darren
Jaidi Ventura
Justine
BettyLynn Allison
Neighbor
William David Billions
Trey
Jason Alan Smith
Dentist
John Quick
Neighbor
Alisa Harris
Nurse
Chantal Maurice
Event Greeter
Riley Patrick
Teen Girl
Dean Norris
Russ
Joe Tippett
Scott
Alicia Kelley
Volunteer
Elizabeth Bond
Pink Fairy Godmother
Ashton Leigh
She-Hulk
Chelsea Rivera
Wonder Woman
Stephanie Enderby
Khaleesi
Tyler Kay Whitley
Sailor Moon
Chris Rubeiz
Cashier
Brooke Smith
Myra Toppan
Valyn Hall
Kayla
Melissa Tang
Ashley Longham
Karson Kern
Matt Southerland
Steve Coulter
Evan Harley
Joshua Mikel
Brian
Dave Hager
Curtis
Dawson Shea
Usher
Tyvonna Jones
Bored Teenage Girl
Hamilton Sage
Angry Man
Ingrid Alli
Angry Woman
Margo Martindale
Emma Blanchard
Rhea Seehorn
Janet
Kimberly Hebert Gregory
Judge
Lana Young
Debbie
Robert C. Treveiler
Dr. Romero
Elizabeth Becka
Doctor
Megan Leahy
Public Defender
Jason Loughlin
Deputy
Michael Rubino
Police Officer #1
Brooke Jaye Taylor
Police Officer #2
Monique Yvette Grant
Cellmate
Jon Stafford
Patrick
Korbi Dean
Waitress
Vince Pisani
Attendant
Rae Becka
Mother
Brooklyn Frank
Daughter
Todd Minobe
Pupeteer
Juliette Lewis
Kathy
Adam Arkin
Detective / Director
Rachel Ticotin
Gina
John Ales
Vance
Bruno Rose
Jaden
Gwydion Lashlee-Walton
Stockboy
Aniria Turney
Customer Service Rep
Lee Spencer
Sheriff Lewis
Brandon Morris
Officer #1
Julia Flint
Prosecutor
Michael H. Cole
Sheriff
Molly Ephraim
Gypsy's Lawyer
Cliff Chamberlain
Rod Blanchard
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Judge Palmer
Joe Knezevich
Prosecutor Rippy
Denitra Isler
Shelly
Krisha Fairchild
Prison Doctor
Charles D. Clark
Doctor
Ashley Dulaney
Journalist
Ella Harrison
Child Gypsy
Hannah Lowther
Stonefaced Guard
José Alfredo Fernandez
Officer Cox
Mike Forbs
Stoned Guy
Butch Hammett
Speaker
Elgin Lee
Doctor
David Michael-Smith
Coroner Tunney
Thomas Clay Strickland
Tyler
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 20, 2019
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes8
Running Time53m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
biography
based on a true story
anthology
true crime
munchausen syndrome by proxy
trial
tribunal
Scripted
thriller
Wiki.
The Act is an American true crime drama television limited series that premiered in eight parts on March 20, 2019, on Hulu. The plot is based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who was accused of abusing her daughter by fabricating illness and disabilities. Joey King portrayed Gypsy, while Patricia Arquette played her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny, and Calum Worthy star in supporting roles.
At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, Arquette won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series and King received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series.
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