What Happened To Garcia In Criminal Minds? Why Did Penelope Garcia Leave Criminal Minds? Who Replaces Penelope On Criminal Minds?

What happened to Garcia in Criminal Minds: Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series. Penelope Garcia is a fictional character in the series. Kirsten Vangsness portrayed this character and it first appeared on September 22, 2005. She is the most loved character of the series, and fans want to know what happened to Garcia in Criminal Minds, as she is said to be leaving the series. Read this article to find out what happened to Garcia in Criminal Minds and to know more about the character.

by Priscilla Nesitha Devaraj

Updated Nov 28, 2022

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What Happened To Garcia In Criminal Minds? Why Did Penelope Garcia Leave Criminal Minds? Who Replaces Penelope On Criminal Minds?
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What Happened To Garcia In Criminal Minds?

Penelope Garcia is a fictional character in the series Criminal Minds. She also appeared in the spin-off of the series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior. She was from San Francisco. She lost her parents in a car accident when she was eighteen. She learned computer coding and became a hacker. She was arrested by BAU in 2004. She joined them as a Technical Analyst to avoid going to jail. The character appeared in almost every episode of the series. At the end of the Criminal Minds finale, Gracia left BAU to work at a non-profit. She decided to have a change in her work. Eventhough she doesn’t want to leave the people whom she loves, she feels bad about the traumatic experiences they have to undergo, when she was watching over Spencer in the hospital. This may be the main reason she left the job. In the episode "Lucky," Garcia was shot by Jason Clark Battle, a man she had gone on a date with.

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Why Did Penelope Garcia Leave Criminal Minds?

In the series Criminal Minds, it was shown that Gracia wanted a break from work and from the traumas they were undergoing. In the end, she left the BAU team. The showrunner Erica Messer and the actress Kirsten Vangsness had a role in the exit of the character. Erica revealed that Kristen was a part of the conversation about how the character should end in the series. 

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Does Garcia Die In Criminal Minds?

The character of Penelope Gracia does not die in the series Criminal Minds. Eventhough she had a near-death experience in the third season, where she was shot by Jason Clark Battle, she survived that gunshot and recovered soon. At the end of the series, she would be seen leaving the BAU team to work at a non-profit. She would be shown alive at the end. 

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Who Replaces Penelope On Criminal Minds?

At the end of the season finale of season 15 of Criminal Minds, it was shown that Penelope Gracia was leaving the team to start a new career. There is no information about her after that. Whether her character is replaced by anyone is not shown in the series. 

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Does Penelope Garcia Come Back To Criminal Minds?

The character of Penelope Gracia left the series at the end of season 15. Paramount+ had confirmed that the series would be aired for the new season. But the release date was not revealed. It is expected that Kirsten Vangsness will return as Penelope Gracia in that season. A video was uploaded on the official Instagram page of Official Minds with the caption, ‘See you soon Penelope.’ In that, Kristen was in the Penelope costume. Fans are very excited to see her on the screen. 

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What Happened To Garcia In Criminal Minds - FAQs

1. Who is Penelope Gracia?

Penelope Garcia is a fictional character in the series Criminal Minds.

2. Who played the role of Penelope Gracia?

Kirsten Vangsness played the role of Penelope Gracia.

3. How did Penelope Gracia’s parents die?  

Penelope Gracia’s parents died in a car accident when she was eighteen.

4. What was the name of her car?

Her car’s name is Esther.

5. What was her FBI batch number?

Her FBI badge number is 0019er-0.

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