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Kate Silva

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Kate Silva is a former detective with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Prior to this, she was a detective with Brooklyn's Homicide Division.

History[]

Silva joined the Special Victims Unit in the second half of 2024. She assisted the department investigating the brutal assault against a group of law students. She quickly befriended Joe Velasco and joined him at a shooting range before starting her first case with the Special Victims Unit. (SVU: "Fractured")

Silva assisted her colleagues with the non-fatal stabbing of a young woman at a remote campground which was committed by her boyfriend. She found herself disgusted by the woman's boyfriends actions and shared further disgust towards his mother who defended her son. (SVU: "Rorschach")

Silva assisted Benson and Velasco during a hostage siege in a bodega, with Dominick Carisi, Jr. being one of the hostages. She met Amanda Rollins during the siege, who came to assist her former colleagues. Silva helped escort one of the hostages, Tess Milburn, out of the bodega and helped calm her down when Tess started screaming and shaking as a reaction to being raped by one of the hostage-takers. (SVU: "Cornered")

Silva was primarily involved in a case involving a missing troubled teenage boy, Anthony Reed, who was found covered in the blood of a murder victim in a motel room next to where he was located. She was called in alongside Terry Bruno when he was reported kidnapped by one of the support workers working in the group home where he lived and primarily helped close the case and find the criminal who abused Anthony and several other troubled teenage boys. (SVU: "Master Key")

Silva was heavily involved in a case involving a teenage girls nudes being distributed to other teenage boys, which lead to a sting to take down a pedophile ring operating through an online video game, which saw the result of a mentally disabled man named Matthew Daly arrested for alleged child grooming although Matthew had been there to genuinely make a friend without sinister intentions. Silva fought hard for Matthew's release and was apologetic to Matthew's mother, who became upset and stressed about Matthew possibly going to prison. Eventually, the charges against Matthew are dropped thanks to Nicholas Baxter and he is released, with Silva promising to keep in touch with him by continuing to play the online video game with him. (SVU: "Calculated")

In May 2025, Silva departs the Special Victims Unit alongside Velasco. Both detectives are replaced by Rollins, who returns to the squad. (SVU: "Post-Rage")

Trivia[]

  • Silva's father was a police officer.
  • Silva is the fifth main character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit not to have a recurring or guest role before joining the main cast, the others being Casey Novak, Kim Greylek, Amanda Rollins, and Nick Amaro.
  • Silva is one of three main characters on SVU to not appear in a guest or recurring role on the series she starred in, the other two being Olivia Benson and Kim Greylek.
  • Silva is one of three main characters in SVU to only appear in one season, the others being Kim Greylek and Grace Muncy.
    • Silva, Greylek and Muncy are also three of four main characters on SVU to be credited as a main character in only one season, the fourth being Chester Lake who was a main character in the ninth season and recurred in the eighth season.

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