Kate Burton
September 10, 1957 (68 years old) in Geneva, Switzerland
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Surrender as Barbara
- 2025 · BULLDOZER as Dr. Diane Roddy
- 2025 · Oscar Wilde About America as
- 2024 · guts as Gabby
- 2023 · Our Son as Maggie "Miggie"
- 2023 · Dumb Money as Elaine Gill
- 2023 · Heaven, I Suppose as Cheryl
- 2023 · The Anne Frank Gift Shop as Ilse
- 2022 · So Help Me Todd as Joan
- 2022 · Breaking as Tami Stackhouse
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as Ida Porter
- 2022 · The Dropout as Rochelle Gibbons
- 2022 · Inventing Anna as Nora Radford
- 2021 · Sandra Day O'Connor: The First as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Mosquito Coast as Margot's Mom
- 2021 · The Codebreaker as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Vote as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Perfect Harmony as Julie
- 2019 · Prodigal Son as Sarah Windsor
- 2019 · Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Ellen Idelson
- 2018 · Charmed as Celeste
- 2018 · At First Light as Kate
- 2018 · FBI as Evelyn Kates
- 2017 · Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Liz Essendine
- 2017 · The Gifted as Dr. Madeline Risman
- 2017 · 13 Reasons Why as Dr. Hughes
- 2016 · This Is Us as Barbara
- 2015 · Supergirl as Isabel Nal (voice)
- 2015 · Supergirl as Isabel Nal
- 2015 · Martyrs as Eleanor
- 2015 · Identity Theft as Anna
- 2015 · Bleeding Heart as Martha
- 2015 · Amok as Dr. Wilson
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as Maureen McCord
- 2014 · Don't Look Back as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
- 2014 · Extant as Fiona Stanton
- 2014 · Barefoot as Mrs. Wheeler
- 2013 · Full Circle as Vera Quinn
- 2013 · Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center as Mrs. Mullin
- 2012 · Mariachi Gringo as Anne
- 2012 · Elementary as Maureen Dannon
- 2012 · Revolution as Dr. Jane Warren
- 2012 · Liberal Arts as Susan
- 2012 · Veep as Barbara Hallowes
- 2012 · Scandal as Sally Langston
- 2012 · 2 Days in New York as Bella
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Hillary Clinton
- 2011 · Grimm as Marie Kessler
- 2011 · Caris' Peace as Self
- 2011 · Puncture as Senator O'Reilly
- 2010 · 127 Hours as Aron's Mom
- 2010 · Remember Me as Janine
- 2010 · Consent as Susan
- 2010 · The Deep End as
- 2009 · Modern Family as Iris Fennerman
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Victoria Adler
- 2009 · Washingtonienne as Joy
- 2009 · Spooner as Alice Spooner
- 2008 · What Just Happened as Doctor Randall
- 2008 · Max Payne as Nicole Horne
- 2008 · Eleventh Hour as Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
- 2008 · Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi as Aunt Birdy
- 2008 · Quid Pro Quo as Merilee
- 2006 · Sherrybaby as Marcia Swanson
- 2006 · Justice as
- 2005 · Stay as Mrs. Letham
- 2005 · Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Closer as Kate Wycoff
- 2005 · Empire Falls as Cindy Whiting
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Anthropologist
- 2005 · Medium as Bonnie Barrister
- 2004 · Rescue Me as Rose
- 2003 · Working Shakespeare as
- 2003 · The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer as Connie Posey
- 2003 · Three Sisters as Olga
- 2002 · Obsessed as Sara Miller
- 2002 · Swimfan as Carla Cronin
- 2002 · Unfaithful as Tracy
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Stephanie Ufland
- 2001 · 100 Centre Street as Sheila Byrne
- 2000 · The Opportunists as Rest Home Sister
- 1999 · The West Wing as Sarah Brainerd
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Annette Cole
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Dr. Sheri Jordan
- 1998 · Ellen Foster as Abigail Montford
- 1998 · Celebrity as Robin's Friend Cheryl
- 1997 · The Ice Storm as Dorothy Franklin
- 1997 · The Practice as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
- 1996 · Mistrial as Katherine Donohue
- 1996 · Looking for Richard as Self
- 1996 · The First Wives Club as Woman in Bed
- 1996 · August as Helen Blathwaite
- 1995 · Notes For My Daughter as Brenda Gardner
- 1994 · Monty as Fran Richardson
- 1993 · Love Matters as Deborah
- 1993 · Life with Mikey as Mrs. Burns
- 1992 · Home Fires as Anne Kramer
- 1991 · Brooklyn Bridge as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Sister Bettina
- 1990 · Law & Order as Erica Gardner
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator
- 1988 · In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Ophelia
- 1986 · Big Trouble in Little China as Margo
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · Evergreen as Agatha Bradford
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Vanessa Ogden
- 1983 · Alice in Wonderland as Alice
- 1971 · Great Performances as Alice
- 1969 · Anne of the Thousand Days as Serving Maid (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Abigail
- Future · Violent Ends as
- Future · Death on the Brandywine as Ann Riley