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)
Unfaithful
Tracy
Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
127 Hours
Aron's Mom
The First Wives Club
Woman in Bed
Stay
Mrs. Letham
What Just Happened
Doctor Randall
Remember Me
Janine
The Ice Storm
Dorothy Franklin
Big Trouble in Little China
Margo
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
2 Days in New York
Bella
Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
Max Payne
Nicole Horne
Liberal Arts
Susan
Celebrity
Robin's Friend Cheryl
Puncture
Senator O'Reilly
Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
Martyrs
Eleanor
Sherrybaby
Marcia Swanson
Bleeding Heart
Martha
Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
Death on the Brandywine
Ann Riley
Quid Pro Quo
Merilee
The Surrender
Barbara
At First Light
Kate
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Burns
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Connie Posey
Swimfan
Carla Cronin
Anne of the Thousand Days
Serving Maid (uncredited)
Mistrial
Katherine Donohue
Ellen Foster
Abigail Montford
Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ophelia
Spooner
Alice Spooner
August
Helen Blathwaite
Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
Love Matters
Deborah
The Opportunists
Rest Home Sister
Identity Theft
Anna
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Aunt Birdy
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
Three Sisters
Olga
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
Obsessed
Sara Miller
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
Consent
Susan
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
Mariachi Gringo
Anne
Washingtonienne
Joy
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
Amok
Dr. Wilson
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
guts
Gabby
Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
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
Grimm
Marie Kessler · 2 eps
The West Wing
Sarah Brainerd · 1 eps
This Is Us
Barbara · 2 eps
Great Performances
Alice · 1 eps
The Closer
Kate Wycoff · 1 eps
Scandal
Sally Langston · 42 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
American Experience
Narrator · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Agnes Bolton O'Neill · 1 eps
Rescue Me
Rose · 8 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
So Help Me Todd
Joan · 1 eps
Extant
Fiona Stanton · 6 eps
The Beast in Me
Mariah Ingram · 2 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
Revolution
Jane Warren · 1 eps
Ransom Canyon
Katherine Bullock · 3 eps
Eleventh Hour
Gepetto / Miranda Cochran · 1 eps
Inventing Anna
Nora Radford · 3 eps
The Dropout
Rochelle Gibbons · 4 eps
100 Centre Street
Sheila Byrne · 1 eps
Brooklyn Bridge
1 eps
Justice
1 eps
Empire Falls
Cindy Whiting · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abigail · 1 eps
Perfect Harmony
Julie · 1 eps
Full Circle
Vera Quinn · 24 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
