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