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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

97

Birth Date

1957-09-10 00:00:00

Birth Place

Geneva, Switzerland

Known For

• 

  Unfaithful
• 

  127 Hours
• 

  The Surrender
• 

  Violent Ends
• RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
• 

  Heaven, I Suppose

Credits

• actors (97 credits)

  • Death on the Brandywine

    Ann Riley

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Surrender

    Barbara

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Violent Ends

    Darlene Woodley

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Oscar Wilde About America

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Beast in Me

    - Ghosts (2025) ... Mariah Ingram actor actors

    - Thanatos (2025) ... Mariah Ingram actor actors
    2025
  • guts

    Gabby

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Our Son

    Maggie "Miggie"

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Dumb Money

    Elaine Gill

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Heaven, I Suppose

    Cheryl

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • The Anne Frank Gift Shop

    Ilse

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Breaking

    Tami Stackhouse

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Bosch: Legacy

    - Cat Got a Name? (2022) ... Ida Porter actor actors

    - One of Your Own (2022) ... Ida Porter actor actors

    - Plan B (2022) ... Ida Porter actor actors

    - Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (2022) ... Ida Porter actor actors

    - The Wrong Side of Goodbye (2022) ... Ida Porter actor actors
    2022
  • The Dropout

    - Iron Sisters (2022) ... Rochelle Gibbons actor actors

    - Flower of Life (2022) ... Rochelle Gibbons actor actors

    - Old White Men (2022) ... Rochelle Gibbons actor actors

    - Satori (2022) ... Rochelle Gibbons actor actors
    2022
  • So Help Me Todd

    - Let the Wright One In (2022) ... Joan actor actors
    2022
  • Inventing Anna

    - Two Birds, One Throne (2022) ... Nora Radford actor actors

    - The Devil Wore Anna (2022) ... Nora Radford actor actors

    - Life of a VIP (2022) ... Nora Radford actor actors
    2022
  • Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Codebreaker

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Mosquito Coast

    - Light Out (2021) ... Margot's Mom actor actors
    2021
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    Ellen Idelson

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Prodigal Son

    - Bad Manners (2021) ... Sarah Windsor actor actors
    2019
  • At First Light

    Kate

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • FBI

    - No One Left Behind (2024) ... Evelyn Kates actor actors
    2018
  • Charmed

    - Triage (2021) ... Celeste actor actors
    2018
  • Noël Coward's Present Laughter

    Liz Essendine

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • 13 Reasons Why

    - Graduation (2020) ... Dr. Hughes actor actors
    2017
  • The Gifted

    - gaMe changer (2018) ... Dr. Madeline Risman actor actors

    - the dreaM (2018) ... Dr. Madeline Risman actor actors
    2017
  • This Is Us

    - Clooney (2018) ... Barbara actor actors

    - The Fifth Wheel (2018) ... Barbara actor actors
    2016
  • Martyrs

    Eleanor

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Identity Theft

    Anna

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Bleeding Heart

    Martha

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Amok

    Dr. Wilson

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Supergirl

    - Still I Rise (2021) ... Isabel Nal actor actors

    - Prom Night! (1) (2021) ... Isabel Nal (voice) actor actors

    - Blood Memory (2019) ... Isabel Nal actor actors
    2015
  • Barefoot

    Mrs. Wheeler

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Extant

    - The Greater Good (2015) ... Fiona Stanton actor actors

    - Double Vision (2015) ... Fiona Stanton actor actors

    - Zugzwang (2015) ... Fiona Stanton actor actors

    - Don't Shoot the Messenger (2015) ... Fiona Stanton actor actors

    - The Other Side (2015) ... Fiona Stanton actor actors
    2014
  • Madam Secretary

    - Invasive Species (2016) ... Maureen McCord actor actors
    2014
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

    Mrs. Mullin

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Mariachi Gringo

    Anne

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Liberal Arts

    Susan

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • 2 Days in New York

    Bella

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Scandal

    - Over a Cliff (2018) ... Sally Langston actor actors

    - Standing in the Sun (2018) ... Sally Langston actor actors

    - They All Bow Down (2017) ... Sally Langston actor actors

    - That's My Girl (2016) ... Sally Langston actor actors

    - Trump Card (2016) ... Sally Langston actor actors
    2012
  • Veep

    - Justice (2017) ... Barbara Hallowes actor actors

    - Catherine (2012) ... Barbara Hallowes actor actors

    - Fundraiser (2012) ... Barbara Hallowes actor actors
    2012
  • Key & Peele

    - Y'all Ready For This? (2015) ... Hillary Clinton actor actors
    2012
  • Elementary

    - Down Where the Dead Delight (2016) ... Maureen Dannon actor actors
    2012
  • Revolution

    - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (2013) ... Jane Warren actor actors
    2012
  • Caris' Peace

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Puncture

    Senator O'Reilly

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Grimm

    - Bears Will Be Bears (2011) ... Marie Kessler actor actors

    - Pilot (2011) ... Marie Kessler actor actors
    2011
  • 127 Hours

    Aron's Mom

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Remember Me

    Janine

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Consent

    Susan

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Washingtonienne

    Joy

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Spooner

    Alice Spooner

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Modern Family

    - The Escape (2018) ... Iris Fennerman actor actors
    2009
  • The Good Wife

    - Long Way Home (2012) ... Victoria Adler actor actors

    - Cleaning House (2010) ... Victoria Adler actor actors

    - Lifeguard (2009) ... Victoria Adler actor actors
    2009
  • What Just Happened

    Doctor Randall

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Max Payne

    Nicole Horne

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi

    Aunt Birdy

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Quid Pro Quo

    Merilee

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Sherrybaby

    Marcia Swanson

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Stay

    Mrs. Letham

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Grey's Anatomy

    - We Built This City (2025) ... Ellis Grey actor actors

    - Mama Who Bore Me (2023) ... Ellis Grey actor actors

    - Out for Blood (2022) ... Ellis Grey actor actors

    - The Makings Of You (2022) ... Ellis Grey actor actors

    - Here Comes the Sun (II) (2021) ... Ellis Grey actor actors
    2005
  • The Closer

    - Forgive Us Our Trespasses (2011) ... Kate Wycoff actor actors
    2005
  • Medium

    - To Have and to Hold (2008) ... Bonnie Barrister actor actors
    2005
  • Numb3rs

    - Scorched (2005) ... Anthropologist actor actors

    - Bones of Contention (2005) ... Anthropologist actor actors
    2005
  • Rescue Me

    - Karate (2006) ... Rose actor actors

    - Chlamydia (2006) ... Rose actor actors

    - Torture (2006) ... Rose actor actors

    - Devil (2006) ... Rose actor actors

    - Justice (2005) ... Rose actor actors
    2004
  • The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

    Connie Posey

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Three Sisters

    Olga

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Obsessed

    Sara Miller

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Swimfan

    Carla Cronin

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Unfaithful

    Tracy

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    - The Pardoner's Tale (2001) ... Stephanie Ufland actor actors
    2001
  • The Opportunists

    Rest Home Sister

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Hubris (2026) ... Dr. Bethany Allen actor actors

    - Bully (2011) ... Annette Cole actor actors
    1999
  • Judging Amy

    - Silent Era (2005) ... Dr. Sheri Jordan actor actors
    1999
  • The West Wing

    - Slow News Day (2004) ... Sarah Brainerd actor actors
    1999
  • Celebrity

    Robin's Friend Cheryl

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Ellen Foster

    Abigail Montford

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Ice Storm

    Dorothy Franklin

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Practice

    - Cheers (2004) ... A.D.A. Susan Alexander actor actors

    - Victims' Rights (2003) ... A.D.A. Susan Alexander actor actors

    - Of Thee I Sing (2002) ... A.D.A. Susan Alexander actor actors

    - What Child is This? (2001) ... A.D.A. Susan Alexander actor actors

    - Gideon's Crossover (2001) ... A.D.A. Susan Alexander actor actors
    1997
  • Mistrial

    Katherine Donohue

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Looking for Richard

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The First Wives Club

    Woman in Bed

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • August

    Helen Blathwaite

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Notes For My Daughter

    Brenda Gardner

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Love Matters

    Deborah

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Life with Mikey

    Mrs. Burns

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Law & Order

    - For the Defense (2009) ... Erica Gardner actor actors

    - Cut (2004) ... Defense Attorney Erica Gardner actor actors

    - Darwinian (2004) ... Defense Attorney Erica Gardner actor actors

    - Armed Forces (2001) ... Defense Attorney Erica Gardner actor actors

    - Sisters of Mercy (1992) ... Sister Bettina actor actors
    1990
  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • American Experience

    - Sandra Day O'Connor: The First (2021) ... Narrator actor actors

    - The Codebreaker (2021) ... Narrator actor actors
    1988
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Ophelia

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Big Trouble in Little China

    Margo

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Great Performances

    - Alice in Wonderland (1983) ... Alice actor actors
    1971
  • Anne of the Thousand Days

    Serving Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1969