Grace Muncy

Detective Grace Muncy (born July 2, 1996) is a former NYPD detective who previously worked with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit.

History[]

Her mother passed away when she was young, leaving her to live in a house with her brother Teddy in Queens. She was originally with the Bronx gang unit, under the command of Captain Mike Duarte. The gang unit helps the Manhattan SVU when members of the gang BX9 attack a family visiting from Ohio. As a white woman with the gang unit, she is unable to do some of the undercover work the rest of her colleagues can do, but leads her to try to relate more to family members, particularly wives and girlfriends of the people the gang unit are trying to take down. These experiences helped her to connect with a traumatized teenager after she was raped on the subway by a group of young criminals. After the case concluded, Benson offers her a position with the Special Victims Unit which she accepted and was partnered with Joe Velasco. (SVU: "The One You Feed")

Muncy showed surprise when Kelsey Jones came into the SVU precinct room. She told the detectives that she had sung the national anthem at a Jets game. Tutuola also showed annoyance towards Muncy after she left a greasy taco bag in his car as well as not filling his car up with petrol. (SVU: "Mirror Effect")

Muncy was pulled into line by Tutuola after she hit a kidnapper named Elias Olsen with her radio after he tried to escape from the detectives in a supermarket, with Tutuola telling her that she doesn't want to get negative publicity from a witness posting a video of her on YouTube or another social media platform. She apologized to Olsen for her actions while Tutuola and her interrogated him about his crimes. (SVU: "The Steps We Cannot Take")

Muncy witnessed a rape victim drowning on the beach, who Velasco tried to rescue. Unfortunately Velasco was unable to save the victim and became distraught with grief and guilt. Muncy comforted Velasco in the aftermath, which Velasco appreciated. (SVU: "Breakwater")

Muncy was physically assaulted on the job by a serial rapist when she chased him down after he escaped but was able to stop him and arrest him before being saved by Tutuola, who met up with her. (SVU: "A Better Person")

During the Elias Olsen trial, Muncy lost her temper while on the stand and called Olsen an evil bastard before stating to give her ten minutes alone with him, which shocked everyone in the courtroom. Muncy felt extremely guilty about this, but Tutuola and Velasco reassured her by telling her that she isn't the first police officer to lose it at a suspect. However, Carisi wasn't too forgiving and scolded Muncy for losing her temper before telling her not to think that she knew everything. Tutuola later told Benson to take it easy on Muncy when she tells her what happened on the stand, which concerned Benson. (SVU: "And a Trauma in a Pear Tree")

Muncy assisted the Bronx Special Victims Unit after Benson was violently physically assaulted and, alongside Noah, almost murdered by gang members, reuniting with her former boss Duarte. However, she was upset he didn't tell her about a tree BX9 used as a shrine to their rapes. (SVU: "Jumped In")

After Duarte is murdered by BX9 gang members, Muncy has a hard time dealing with his death and mourns deeply, expressing anger and sadness to her colleagues. She also heard audio footage of what looked like Velasco confessing to murder, which she reported to Benson. After hearing the audio footage, Benson gave Muncy a week off and told her that if Velasco tried to call her that she was not to answer or respond to his texts before warning her that if she said anything to Velasco about the audio footage that she would be demoted to a very low rank, which Muncy responded stating she understood. (SVU: "Intersection")

Muncy struggled with Velasco's absence upon returning to duty after time off, upset that Benson wouldn't let her respond to his calls or texts. She eventually clashed with Churlish, expressing her anger that she recorded Velasco and that she wished that she would transfer back to the Bronx Special Victims Unit. (SVU: "The Presence of Absence")

Muncy reunited with her brother after he became an initial suspect as well as a witness in a case involving a serial rapist spiking women's drinks in bars. (SVU: "Lime Chaser")

After Elias Olsen was charged once again, in an act of rage, Elias smashed the interrogation room glass window and held Muncy in a chokehold, strangling her. Tutuola and Velasco restrain Elias and Muncy is comforted by Benson and Churlish while she catches her breath. (SVU: "Bad Things")

Muncy eventually transferred to the D.E.A. task force after she was accepted a job offer to transfer there. (SVU: "All Pain Is One Malady")

Trivia[]

Muncy was born in July 1996, making her a millennial, which was stated by Benson one time. (SVU: "Mirror Effect")
Muncy is the first detective in the franchise to be colorblind. (SVU: "The Steps We Cannot Take")
Muncy is the second youngest main character in the franchise, with Jet Slootmaekers being the first. She is also the youngest main character on SVU. Kim Greylek was the youngest main character on SVU at the time of her appearance at the age of 29 while Muncy was aged 26 at her debut.
- Molly Burnett joined the main cast at 34, making her eight years older than Muncy. Conversely, Michaela McManus joined the cast at 25, making her four years younger than Greylek.