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