Kate Burton
Known for acting · Born 10 September 1957 · 69 · Geneva, Switzerland
119 credits
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Scandal
2012
127 Hours
2010
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Stay
2005
Martyrs
2015
Barefoot
2014
Puncture
2011
2 Days in New York
2012
Swimfan
2002
Remember Me
2010
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003
Acting (119)
2026Death on the BrandywineAnn RileyFilm
2025The Beast in MeMariah Ingram · 2 episodesSeries
2025Ransom CanyonKatherine Bullock · 3 episodesSeries
2025Violent EndsDarlene WoodleyFilm
2025The SurrenderBarbaraFilm
2025Oscar Wilde About AmericaFilm
2025BULLDOZERDr. Diane RoddySeries
2024gutsGabbyFilm
2023Dumb MoneyElaine GillFilm
2023Our SonMaggie "Miggie"Film
2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopIlseFilm
2023Heaven, I SupposeCherylFilm
2022Inventing AnnaNora Radford · 3 episodesSeries
2022The DropoutRochelle Gibbons · 4 episodesSeries
2022Bosch: LegacyIda Porter · 5 episodesSeries
2022BreakingTami StackhouseFilm
2022So Help Me ToddJoanSeries
2021The Mosquito CoastMargot's MomSeries
2021The CodebreakerNarrator (voice)Film
2021Sandra Day O'Connor: The FirstNarrator (voice)Film
2020The VoteNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteEllen IdelsonFilm
2019Prodigal SonSarah WindsorSeries
2019Perfect HarmonyJulieSeries
2018FBIEvelyn KatesSeries
2018CharmedCelesteSeries
2018At First LightKateFilm
201713 Reasons WhyDr. HughesSeries
2017The GiftedDr. Madeline Risman · 2 episodesSeries
2017Noël Coward's Present LaughterLiz EssendineFilm
2016This Is UsBarbara · 2 episodesSeries
2015SupergirlIsabel Nal (voice), Isabel Nal · 2 episodesSeries
2015MartyrsEleanorFilm
2015Bleeding HeartMarthaFilm
2015Identity TheftAnnaFilm
2015AmokDr. WilsonFilm
2014BarefootMrs. WheelerFilm
2014ExtantFiona Stanton · 6 episodesSeries
2014Madam SecretaryMaureen McCordSeries
2014Don't Look BackDr. Jeanette BarnesFilm
2013Full CircleVera Quinn · 24 episodesSeries
2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterMrs. MullinFilm
2012ElementaryMaureen DannonSeries
2012RevolutionJane WarrenSeries
2012ScandalSally Langston · 42 episodesSeries
2012Liberal ArtsSusanFilm
2012VeepBarbara Hallowes · 3 episodesSeries
20122 Days in New YorkBellaFilm
2012Key & PeeleHillary ClintonSeries
2012Mariachi GringoAnneFilm
2011GrimmMarie Kessler · 2 episodesSeries
2011PunctureSenator O'ReillyFilm
2011Caris' PeaceSelfFilm
2010127 HoursAron's MomFilm
2010Remember MeJanineFilm
2010ConsentSusanFilm
2010The Deep EndGrace GrahamSeries
2009Modern FamilyIris FennermanSeries
2009The Good WifeVictoria Adler · 3 episodesSeries
2009SpoonerAlice SpoonerFilm
2009WashingtonienneJoyFilm
2008Max PayneNicole HorneFilm
2008What Just HappenedDoctor RandallFilm
2008Eleventh HourGepetto / Miranda CochranSeries
2008Quid Pro QuoMerileeFilm
2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiAunt BirdyFilm
2006SherrybabyMarcia SwansonFilm
2006JusticeSeries
2005Grey's AnatomyEllis Grey · 29 episodesSeries
2005StayMrs. LethamFilm
2005MediumBonnie BarristerSeries
2005Numb3rsAnthropologist · 2 episodesSeries
2005The CloserKate WycoffSeries
2005Empire FallsCindy Whiting · 2 episodesSeries
2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaNarrator (voice)Film
2004Rescue MeRose · 8 episodesSeries
2003The Diary of Ellen RimbauerConnie PoseyFilm
2003Three SistersOlgaFilm
2003Working Shakespeare · 5 episodesSeries
2002UnfaithfulTracyFilm
2002SwimfanCarla CroninFilm
2002ObsessedSara MillerFilm
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentStephanie UflandSeries
2001100 Centre StreetSheila ByrneSeries
2000The OpportunistsRest Home SisterFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAnnette Cole, Bethany AllenSeries
1999The West WingSarah BrainerdSeries
1999Judging AmyDr. Sheri JordanSeries
1998CelebrityRobin's Friend CherylFilm
1997The Ice StormDorothy FranklinFilm
1997The PracticeA.D.A. Susan Alexander · 9 episodesSeries
1997Ellen FosterAbigail MontfordFilm
1996The First Wives ClubWoman in BedFilm
1996Looking for RichardSelfFilm
1996MistrialKatherine DonohueFilm
1996AugustHelen BlathwaiteFilm
1995Notes for My DaughterBrenda GardnerFilm
1994MontyFran Richardson · 13 episodesSeries
1993Life with MikeyMrs. BurnsFilm
1993Love MattersDeborahFilm
1992Home FiresAnne Kramer · 6 episodesSeries
1991Brooklyn BridgeSeries
1990Law & OrderSister Bettina, Erica Gardner, Defense Attorney Erica Gardner · 3 episodesSeries
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelfFilm
1988American ExperienceNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonSelfFilm
1987Uncle Tom's CabinOpheliaFilm
1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaMargoFilm
1985Spenser: For HireSeries
1985EvergreenAgatha BradfordSeries
1984Ellis IslandVanessa Ogden · 3 episodesSeries
1983Alice in WonderlandAliceFilm
1982American PlayhouseAgnes Bolton O'NeillSeries
1971Great PerformancesAliceSeries
1969Anne of the Thousand DaysServing Maid (uncredited)Film
1956Tony AwardsSelf - NomineeSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAbigailSeries
—RSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareSelfFilm
—A Great DepressionFilm