Kate Burton
Acting1957Geneva, Switzerland
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
Acting History
Future
Death on the Brandywine
as Ann Riley
2026
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Annette Cole / Dr. Bethany Allen• 1 eps
2025
Violent Ends
as Darlene Woodley
The Surrender
as Barbara
The Beast in Me
TVas Mariah Ingram• 2 eps
BULLDOZER
TVas Dr. Diane Roddy
2023
Dumb Money
as Elaine Gill
Our Son
as Maggie "Miggie"
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
as Ilse
Heaven, I Suppose
as Cheryl
2022
Breaking
as Tami Stackhouse
Bosch: Legacy
TVas Ida Porter• 5 eps
The Dropout
TVas Rochelle Gibbons• 4 eps
So Help Me Todd
TVas Joan• 1 eps
Inventing Anna
TVas Nora Radford• 3 eps
2021
The Codebreaker
as Narrator (voice)
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
as Narrator (voice)
The Mosquito Coast
TVas Margot's Mom• 1 eps
Prodigal Son
TVas Sarah Windsor• 1 eps
Charmed
TVas Celeste• 1 eps
American Experience
TVas Narrator• 2 eps
2020
13 Reasons Why
TVas Dr. Hughes• 1 eps
The Vote
TVas Narrator (voice)
2019
2018
At First Light
as Kate
Modern Family
TVas Iris Fennerman• 1 eps
The Gifted
TVas Dr. Madeline Risman• 2 eps
This Is Us
TVas Barbara• 2 eps
2017
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine
2016
Elementary
TVas Maureen Dannon• 1 eps
Madam Secretary
TVas Maureen McCord• 1 eps
2015
Martyrs
as Eleanor
Amok
as Dr. Wilson
Identity Theft
as Anna
Bleeding Heart
as Martha
Key & Peele
TVas Hillary Clinton• 1 eps
Extant
TVas Fiona Stanton• 6 eps
2014
Barefoot
as Mrs. Wheeler
Don't Look Back
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2013
Revolution
TVas Jane Warren• 1 eps
Full Circle
TVas Vera Quinn
2012
Mariachi Gringo
as Anne
Liberal Arts
as Susan
2 Days in New York
as Bella
Scandal
TVas Sally Langston• 42 eps
Veep
TVas Barbara Hallowes• 3 eps
2011
Caris' Peace
as Self
Puncture
as Senator O'Reilly
Grimm
TVas Marie Kessler• 2 eps
The Closer
TVas Kate Wycoff• 1 eps
2010
2009
Spooner
as Alice Spooner
Washingtonienne
as Joy
Eleventh Hour
TVas Gepetto / Miranda Cochran• 1 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Victoria Adler• 3 eps
2008
Quid Pro Quo
as Merilee
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
as Aunt Birdy
What Just Happened
as Doctor Randall
Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
Medium
TVas Bonnie Barrister• 1 eps
2006
Sherrybaby
as Marcia Swanson
2005
Stay
as Mrs. Letham
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
as Narrator (voice)
Judging Amy
TVas Dr. Sheri Jordan• 1 eps
Numb3rs
TVas Anthropologist• 2 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Ellis Grey• 29 eps
Empire Falls
TVas Cindy Whiting
Rescue Me
TVas Rose• 8 eps
2004
The West Wing
TVas Sarah Brainerd• 1 eps
2003
2002
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Stephanie Ufland• 1 eps
100 Centre Street
TVas Sheila Byrne
Law & Order
TVas Defense Attorney Erica Gardner / Sister Bettina / Erica Gardner• 3 eps
2000
The Opportunists
as Rest Home Sister
1998
Celebrity
as Robin's Friend Cheryl
1997
The Ice Storm
as Dorothy Franklin
Ellen Foster
as Abigail Montford
The Practice
TVas A.D.A. Susan Alexander• 9 eps
1996
The First Wives Club
as Woman in Bed
Looking for Richard
as Self
Mistrial
as Katherine Donohue
August
as Helen Blathwaite
1995
Notes For My Daughter
as Brenda Gardner
1994
Monty
TVas Fran Richardson
1993
Love Matters
as Deborah
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Burns
1992
Home Fires
TVas Anne Kramer
1991
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Ophelia
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
as Margo
1985
Evergreen
TVas Agatha Bradford
1984
Ellis Island
TVas Vanessa Ogden
1983
Alice in Wonderland
as Alice
Great Performances
TVas Alice• 1 eps
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Serving Maid (uncredited)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Abigail