Kate Burton
Acting
Born: September 10, 1957 (age 69) · Geneva, Switzerland
Highest Rated
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
Grey's Anatomy
2005
127 Hours
2010
13 Reasons Why
2017
Supergirl
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Remember Me
2010
Grimm
2011
Modern Family
2009
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Max Payne
2008
Elementary
2012
Unfaithful
2002
Photos (6)
Movies (56)
Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
Unfaithful
Tracy
127 Hours
Aron's Mom
The First Wives Club
Woman in Bed
What Just Happened
Doctor Randall
Stay
Mrs. Letham
Big Trouble in Little China
Margo
Remember Me
Janine
The Ice Storm
Dorothy Franklin
2 Days in New York
Bella
Sherrybaby
Marcia Swanson
Max Payne
Nicole Horne
Martyrs
Eleanor
Liberal Arts
Susan
Puncture
Senator O'Reilly
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
Celebrity
Robin's Friend Cheryl
Bleeding Heart
Martha
Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
Death on the Brandywine
Ann Riley
The Surrender
Barbara
At First Light
Kate
Quid Pro Quo
Merilee
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Burns
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Connie Posey
Anne of the Thousand Days
Serving Maid (uncredited)
Mistrial
Katherine Donohue
Swimfan
Carla Cronin
Spooner
Alice Spooner
August
Helen Blathwaite
Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
Ellen Foster
Abigail Montford
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ophelia
Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
The Opportunists
Rest Home Sister
Love Matters
Deborah
Three Sisters
Olga
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
Identity Theft
Anna
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
Consent
Susan
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
Washingtonienne
Joy
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Aunt Birdy
Mariachi Gringo
Anne
Obsessed
Sara Miller
guts
Gabby
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
Amok
Dr. Wilson
TV Shows (57)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Annette Cole · 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Bethany Allen · 1 eps
Law & Order
Sister Bettina · 1 eps
Law & Order
Erica Gardner · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Erica Gardner · 3 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Ellis Grey · 29 eps
Modern Family
Iris Fennerman · 1 eps
FBI
Evelyn Kates · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Stephanie Ufland · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Victoria Adler · 3 eps
Elementary
Maureen Dannon · 1 eps
The West Wing
Sarah Brainerd · 1 eps
Grimm
Marie Kessler · 2 eps
This Is Us
Barbara · 2 eps
Scandal
Sally Langston · 42 eps
The Closer
Kate Wycoff · 1 eps
Great Performances
Alice · 1 eps
Medium
Bonnie Barrister · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Anthropologist · 2 eps
The Practice
A.D.A. Susan Alexander · 9 eps
Supergirl
Isabel Nal (voice) · 1 eps
Supergirl
Isabel Nal · 2 eps
Madam Secretary
Maureen McCord · 1 eps
Judging Amy
Dr. Sheri Jordan · 1 eps
Rescue Me
Rose · 8 eps
American Experience
Narrator · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Agnes Bolton O'Neill · 1 eps
Veep
Barbara Hallowes · 3 eps
13 Reasons Why
Dr. Hughes · 1 eps
Key & Peele
Hillary Clinton · 1 eps
Prodigal Son
Sarah Windsor · 1 eps
Bosch: Legacy
Ida Porter · 5 eps
The Gifted
Dr. Madeline Risman · 2 eps
The Mosquito Coast
Margot's Mom · 1 eps
Charmed
Celeste · 1 eps
The Beast in Me
Mariah Ingram · 2 eps
So Help Me Todd
Joan · 1 eps
Extant
Fiona Stanton · 6 eps
Revolution
Jane Warren · 1 eps
Ransom Canyon
Katherine Bullock · 3 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
Eleventh Hour
Gepetto / Miranda Cochran · 1 eps
Brooklyn Bridge
1 eps
100 Centre Street
Sheila Byrne · 1 eps
Inventing Anna
Nora Radford · 3 eps
The Dropout
Rochelle Gibbons · 4 eps
Justice
1 eps
Empire Falls
Cindy Whiting · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abigail · 1 eps
Full Circle
Vera Quinn · 24 eps
Perfect Harmony
Julie · 1 eps
The Deep End
Grace Graham · 1 eps
Monty
Fran Richardson · 13 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Ellis Island
Vanessa Ogden · 3 eps
Evergreen
Agatha Bradford · 1 eps
The Vote
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
