Kate Burton
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Annette Cole
1999
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Bethany Allen
1999
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Ellis Grey
2005
Series
Law & Order
Sister Bettina
1990
Series
Law & Order
Erica Gardner
1990
Series
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
1990
Series
Modern Family
Iris Fennerman
2009
Series
FBI
Evelyn Kates
2018
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Stephanie Ufland
2001
Series
The West Wing
Sarah Brainerd
1999
Series
The Good Wife
Victoria Adler
2009
Series
Grimm
Marie Kessler
2011
Series
The Closer
Kate Wycoff
2005
Series
Elementary
Maureen Dannon
2012
Series
Scandal
Sally Langston
2012
Series
Supergirl
Isabel Nal (voice)
2015
Series
Supergirl
Isabel Nal
2015
Series
This Is Us
Barbara
2016
Series
Medium
Bonnie Barrister
2005
Series
Madam Secretary
Maureen McCord
2014
Series
Great Performances
Alice
1971
Series
American Playhouse
Agnes Bolton O'Neill
1982
Series
The Practice
A.D.A. Susan Alexander
1997
Series
Numb3rs
Anthropologist
2005
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
American Experience
Narrator
1988
Series
Rescue Me
Rose
2004
Series
Judging Amy
Dr. Sheri Jordan
1999
Series
Veep
Barbara Hallowes
2012
Series
13 Reasons Why
Dr. Hughes
2017
Series
The Gifted
Dr. Madeline Risman
2017
Series
The Beast in Me
Mariah Ingram
2025
Series
Bosch: Legacy
Ida Porter
2022
Film
Unfaithful
Tracy
2002
Series
Key & Peele
Hillary Clinton
2012
Series
Charmed
Celeste
2018
Series
Prodigal Son
Sarah Windsor
2019
Series
Extant
Fiona Stanton
2014
Series
So Help Me Todd
Joan
2022
Film
127 Hours
Aron's Mom
2010
Series
Inventing Anna
Nora Radford
2022
Series
The Dropout
Rochelle Gibbons
2022
Series
Eleventh Hour
Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
2008
Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Series
Revolution
Jane Warren
2012
Series
The Mosquito Coast
Margot's Mom
2021
Film
Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
2023
Film
Remember Me
Janine
2010
Film
Big Trouble in Little China
Margo
1986
Film
The Ice Storm
Dorothy Franklin
1997
Film
Max Payne
Nicole Horne
2008
Series
100 Centre Street
Sheila Byrne
2001
Film
Stay
Mrs. Letham
2005
Series
Justice
2006
Series
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Film
The First Wives Club
Woman in Bed
1996
Film
Celebrity
Robin's Friend Cheryl
1998
Series
Empire Falls
Cindy Whiting
2005
Series
The Deep End
Grace Graham
2010
Series
Full Circle
Vera Quinn
2013
Film
Puncture
Senator O'Reilly
2011
Series
Perfect Harmony
Julie
2019
Film
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
2019
Film
Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
2014
Film
Liberal Arts
Susan
2012
Film
Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
2025
Series
Monty
Fran Richardson
1994
Series
Evergreen
Agatha Bradford
1985
Film
Swimfan
Carla Cronin
2002
Series
Working Shakespeare
2003
Film
The Surrender
Barbara
2025
Film
What Just Happened
Doctor Randall
2008
Film
Anne of the Thousand Days
Serving Maid (uncredited)
1969
Film
Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
2022
Series
Ellis Island
Vanessa Ogden
1984
Home Fires
Anne Kramer
1992
Film
2 Days in New York
Bella
2012
Film
Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
2023
Film
Martyrs
Eleanor
2015
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abigail
1951
Film
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Burns
1993
Film
At First Light
Kate
2018
Film
Looking for Richard
Self
1996
Film
August
Helen Blathwaite
1996
Film
Mistrial
Katherine Donohue
1996
Film
Quid Pro Quo
Merilee
2008
Film
Bleeding Heart
Martha
2015
Film
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Connie Posey
2003
Film
Sherrybaby
Marcia Swanson
2006
Series
The Vote
Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
Death on the Brandywine
Ann Riley
2026
BULLDOZER
Dr. Diane Roddy
2025
Film
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ophelia
1987
Film
The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
2021
Film
Identity Theft
Anna
2015
Film
Ellen Foster
Abigail Montford
1997
Film
Caris' Peace
Self
2011
A Great Depression
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989
Film
guts
Gabby
2024
Film
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Aunt Birdy
2008
Film
Spooner
Alice Spooner
2009
Film
The Opportunists
Rest Home Sister
2000
Film
Obsessed
Sara Miller
2002
Film
Love Matters
Deborah
1993
Film
Consent
Susan
2010
Film
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
2017
Film
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Film
Three Sisters
Olga
2003
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Film
Washingtonienne
Joy
2009
Film
Amok
Dr. Wilson
2015
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
1983
Film
Mariachi Gringo
Anne
2012
Film
Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2014
Film
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
Film
Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
2023
Film
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
2021
Notes for My Daughter
Brenda Gardner
1995
Film
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
2023
Film
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
2013