Kate Burton
Biography
Kate Burton is a Swiss-born Welsh-American stage and screen actress. She is best known for her TV roles as Vice President Sally Langston on ABC's Scandal, Vera Quinn on the Audience Network's series Full Circle, and Dr. Ellis Grey on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
She holds an BA in Russian Studies and European History from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
117
Gender
Female
Birthday
1957-09-10 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland
Acting
2025
BULLDOZER as Dr. Diane Roddy2025
The Surrender as Barbara2025
Oscar Wilde About America as Not available2024
guts as Gabby2023
Dumb Money as Elaine Gill2023
Our Son as Maggie "Miggie"2023
The Anne Frank Gift Shop as Ilse2023
Heaven, I Suppose as Cheryl2022
Bosch: Legacy as Ida Porter2022
So Help Me Todd as Joan2022
Inventing Anna as Nora Radford2022
The Dropout as Rochelle Gibbons2022
Breaking as Tami Stackhouse2021
The Mosquito Coast as Margot's Mom2021
The Codebreaker as Narrator (voice)2021
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First as Narrator (voice)2020
The Vote as Narrator (voice)2019
Prodigal Son as Sarah Windsor2019
Perfect Harmony as Julie2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Ellen Idelson2018
FBI as Evelyn Kates2018
Charmed as Celeste2018
At First Light as Kate2017
13 Reasons Why as Dr. Hughes2017
The Gifted as Dr. Madeline Risman2017
Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Liz Essendine2016
This Is Us as Barbara2015
Supergirl as Isabel Nal (voice)2015
Supergirl as Isabel Nal2015
Martyrs as Eleanor2015
Bleeding Heart as Martha2015
Amok as Dr. Wilson2015
Identity Theft as Anna2014
Madam Secretary as Maureen McCord2014
Extant as Fiona Stanton2014
Barefoot as Mrs. Wheeler2014
Don't Look Back as Dr. Jeanette Barnes2013
Full Circle as Vera Quinn2013
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center as Mrs. Mullin2012
Elementary as Maureen Dannon2012
Veep as Barbara Hallowes2012
Scandal as Sally Langston2012
Key & Peele as Hillary Clinton2012
Revolution as Dr. Jane Warren2012
Liberal Arts as Susan2012
2 Days in New York as Bella2012
Mariachi Gringo as Anne2011
Grimm as Marie Kessler2011
Puncture as Senator O'Reilly2011
Caris' Peace as Self2010
127 Hours as Aron's Mom2010
The Deep End as Not available2010
Remember Me as Janine2010
Consent as Susan2009
Modern Family as Iris Fennerman2009
The Good Wife as Victoria Adler2009
Spooner as Alice Spooner2009
Washingtonienne as Joy2008
Eleventh Hour as Not available2008
Max Payne as Nicole Horne2008
What Just Happened as Doctor Randall2008
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi as Aunt Birdy2008
Quid Pro Quo as Merilee2006
Justice as Not available2006
Sherrybaby as Marcia Swanson2005
Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey2005
Medium as Bonnie Barrister2005
Numb3rs as Not available2005
The Closer as Kate Wycoff2005
Empire Falls as Cindy Whiting2005
Stay as Mrs. Letham2005
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea as Narrator (voice)2004
Rescue Me as Rose2003
Working Shakespeare as Not available2003
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer as Connie Posey2003
Three Sisters as Olga2002
Unfaithful as Tracy2002
Swimfan as Carla Cronin2002
Obsessed as Sara Miller2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Stephanie Ufland2001
100 Centre Street as Sheila Byrne2000
The Opportunists as Rest Home Sister1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Annette Cole1999
The West Wing as Sarah Brainerd1999
Judging Amy as Dr. Sheri Jordan1998
Celebrity as Robin's Friend Cheryl1998
Ellen Foster as Abigail Montford1997
The Practice as A.D.A. Susan Alexander1997
The Ice Storm as Dorothy Franklin1996
The First Wives Club as Woman in Bed1996
Looking for Richard as Self1996
Mistrial as Katherine Donohue1996
August as Helen Blathwaite1995
Notes For My Daughter as Brenda Gardner1994
Monty as Fran Richardson1993
Life with Mikey as Mrs. Burns1993
Love Matters as Deborah1992
Home Fires as Anne Kramer1991
Brooklyn Bridge as Not available1990
Law & Order as Sister Bettina1990
Law & Order as Erica Gardner1990
Law & Order as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self1988
American Experience as Narrator1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin as Ophelia1986
Big Trouble in Little China as Margo1985
Spenser: For Hire as Not available1985
Evergreen as Agatha Bradford1984
Ellis Island as Vanessa Ogden1983
Alice in Wonderland as Alice1971
Great Performances as Alice1969
Anne of the Thousand Days as Serving Maid (uncredited)1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as AbigailNaN
Violent Ends as Not availableNaN
Death on the Brandywine as Ann Riley