Kate Burton
Acting
Born: September 10, 1957 (age 68) · 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)
Unfaithful
Tracy
127 Hours
Aron's Mom
Big Trouble in Little China
Margo
Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
Remember Me
Janine
The Ice Storm
Dorothy Franklin
Stay
Mrs. Letham
Max Payne
Nicole Horne
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
The First Wives Club
Woman in Bed
Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
The Surrender
Barbara
Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
Celebrity
Robin's Friend Cheryl
Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
Liberal Arts
Susan
Puncture
Senator O'Reilly
What Just Happened
Doctor Randall
Anne of the Thousand Days
Serving Maid (uncredited)
Swimfan
Carla Cronin
Martyrs
Eleanor
Mistrial
Katherine Donohue
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Burns
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Connie Posey
Quid Pro Quo
Merilee
2 Days in New York
Bella
Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
At First Light
Kate
Bleeding Heart
Martha
Identity Theft
Anna
August
Helen Blathwaite
Ellen Foster
Abigail Montford
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
Sherrybaby
Marcia Swanson
The Opportunists
Rest Home Sister
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ophelia
The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
Spooner
Alice Spooner
Love Matters
Deborah
Obsessed
Sara Miller
Consent
Susan
Death on the Brandywine
Ann Riley
Mariachi Gringo
Anne
Washingtonienne
Joy
Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Aunt Birdy
Three Sisters
Olga
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
guts
Gabby
Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
Amok
Dr. Wilson
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (56)
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
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Stephanie Ufland · 1 eps
FBI
Evelyn Kates · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Victoria Adler · 3 eps
The West Wing
Sarah Brainerd · 1 eps
Grimm
Marie Kessler · 2 eps
Elementary
Maureen Dannon · 1 eps
The Closer
Kate Wycoff · 1 eps
Scandal
Sally Langston · 42 eps
Supergirl
Isabel Nal (voice) · 1 eps
Supergirl
Isabel Nal · 2 eps
This Is Us
Barbara · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Agnes Bolton O'Neill · 1 eps
Medium
Bonnie Barrister · 1 eps
Great Performances
Alice · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Anthropologist · 2 eps
The Practice
A.D.A. Susan Alexander · 9 eps
Judging Amy
Dr. Sheri Jordan · 1 eps
Madam Secretary
Maureen McCord · 1 eps
Rescue Me
Rose · 8 eps
American Experience
Narrator · 2 eps
13 Reasons Why
Dr. Hughes · 1 eps
Veep
Barbara Hallowes · 3 eps
Bosch: Legacy
Ida Porter · 5 eps
Key & Peele
Hillary Clinton · 1 eps
The Gifted
Dr. Madeline Risman · 2 eps
Charmed
Celeste · 1 eps
Prodigal Son
Sarah Windsor · 1 eps
The Beast in Me
Mariah Ingram · 2 eps
Extant
Fiona Stanton · 6 eps
The Mosquito Coast
Margot's Mom · 1 eps
Revolution
Jane Warren · 1 eps
The Dropout
Rochelle Gibbons · 4 eps
So Help Me Todd
Joan · 1 eps
Inventing Anna
Nora Radford · 3 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
Eleventh Hour
Gepetto / Miranda Cochran · 1 eps
100 Centre Street
Sheila Byrne · 1 eps
Brooklyn Bridge
1 eps
Justice
1 eps
Full Circle
Vera Quinn · 24 eps
The Deep End
Grace Graham · 1 eps
Empire Falls
Cindy Whiting · 2 eps
Monty
Fran Richardson · 13 eps
Perfect Harmony
Julie · 1 eps
Working Shakespeare
5 eps
Evergreen
Agatha Bradford · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abigail · 1 eps
Ellis Island
Vanessa Ogden · 3 eps
The Vote
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
