Birthday:
Sep 10, 1957
Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
Place of Birth: Geneva, Switzerland
Kate Burton
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Unfaithful | Tracy | 2002 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor: The First | Narrator (voice) | 2021 |
| Swimfan | Carla Cronin | 2002 |
| Big Trouble in Little China | Margo | 1986 |
| Stay | Mrs. Letham | 2005 |
| Max Payne | Nicole Horne | 2008 |
| Our Son | Maggie "Miggie" | 2023 |
| Celebrity | Robin's Friend Cheryl | 1998 |
| 127 Hours | Aron's Mom | 2010 |
| The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer | Connie Posey | 2003 |
| The Opportunists | Rest Home Sister | 2000 |
| The Ice Storm | Dorothy Franklin | 1997 |
| What Just Happened | Doctor Randall | 2008 |
| Puncture | Senator O'Reilly | 2011 |
| Liberal Arts | Susan | 2012 |
| 2 Days in New York | Bella | 2012 |
| Spooner | Alice Spooner | 2009 |
| Obsessed | Sara Miller | 2002 |
| Dumb Money | Elaine Gill | 2023 |
| August | Helen Blathwaite | 1996 |
| Consent | Susan | 2010 |
| The Anne Frank Gift Shop | Ilse | 2023 |
| Washingtonienne | Joy | 2009 |
| Heaven, I Suppose | Cheryl | 2023 |
| Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi | Aunt Birdy | 2008 |
| Caris' Peace | Self | 2011 |
| Barefoot | Mrs. Wheeler | 2014 |
| Breaking | Tami Stackhouse | 2022 |
| Love Matters | Deborah | 1993 |
| Violent Ends | 1970 | |
| Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989 |
| guts | Gabby | 2024 |
| Three Sisters | Olga | 2003 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Ophelia | 1987 |
| Bleeding Heart | Martha | 2015 |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Serving Maid (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Mistrial | Katherine Donohue | 1996 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice | 1983 |
| Martyrs | Eleanor | 2015 |
| Oscar Wilde About America | 2025 | |
| Don't Look Back | Dr. Jeanette Barnes | 2014 |
| Amok | Dr. Wilson | 2015 |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center | Mrs. Mullin | 2013 |
| The Surrender | 1970 | |
| Quid Pro Quo | Merilee | 2008 |
| Remember Me | Janine | 2010 |
| At First Light | Kate | 2018 |
| Noël Coward's Present Laughter | Liz Essendine | 2017 |
| Life with Mikey | Mrs. Burns | 1993 |
| Ellen Foster | Abigail Montford | 1998 |
| Sherrybaby | Marcia Swanson | 2006 |
| Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea | Narrator (voice) | 2005 |
| Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Ellen Idelson | 2019 |
| The First Wives Club | Woman in Bed | 1996 |
| Identity Theft | Anna | 2015 |
| In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self | 1988 |
| The Codebreaker | Narrator (voice) | 2021 |
| Mariachi Gringo | Anne | 2012 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Medium | Bonnie Barrister | 2005 |
| Law & Order | Sister Bettina | 1990 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Ellis Grey | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | 2005 | |
| Spenser: For Hire | 1985 | |
| Justice | 2006 | |
| Judging Amy | Dr. Sheri Jordan | 1999 |
| American Experience | Narrator | 1988 |
| Prodigal Son | Sarah Windsor | 2019 |
| The Practice | A.D.A. Susan Alexander | 1997 |
| Rescue Me | Rose | 2004 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Abigail | 1951 |
| Eleventh Hour | 2008 | |
| Charmed | Celeste | 2018 |
| Supergirl | Isabel Nal (voice) | 2015 |
| The Mosquito Coast | Margot's Mom | 2021 |
| Monty | Fran Richardson | 1994 |
| Extant | Fiona Stanton | 2014 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | 1991 | |
| Home Fires | Anne Kramer | 1992 |
| The Deep End | 2010 | |
| Revolution | Dr. Jane Warren | 2012 |
| Inventing Anna | Nora Radford | 2022 |
| Full Circle | Vera Quinn | 2013 |
| The Closer | Kate Wycoff | 2005 |
| The West Wing | Sarah Brainerd | 1999 |
| Law & Order | Erica Gardner | 1990 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Annette Cole | 1999 |
| The Good Wife | Victoria Adler | 2009 |
| Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956 |
| Ellis Island | Vanessa Ogden | 1984 |
| Empire Falls | Cindy Whiting | 2005 |
| This Is Us | Barbara | 2016 |
| Bosch: Legacy | Ida Porter | 2022 |
| Scandal | Sally Langston | 2012 |
| Grimm | Marie Kessler | 2011 |
| Law & Order | Defense Attorney Erica Gardner | 1990 |
| The Gifted | Dr. Madeline Risman | 2017 |
| Supergirl | Isabel Nal | 2015 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stephanie Ufland | 2001 |
| The Dropout | Rochelle Gibbons | 2022 |
| The Vote | Narrator (voice) | 2020 |
| Veep | Barbara Hallowes | 2012 |
| Elementary | Maureen Dannon | 2012 |
| Modern Family | Iris Fennerman | 2009 |
| So Help Me Todd | Joan | 2022 |
| Perfect Harmony | Julie | 2019 |
| 13 Reasons Why | Dr. Hughes | 2017 |
| FBI | Evelyn Kates | 2018 |
| 100 Centre Street | Sheila Byrne | 2001 |
| Great Performances | Alice | 1971 |
| Rose Red | Connie Posey | 2002 |
