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