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Kate Burton
Kate Burton

Kate Burton

ActingBorn September 10, 1957 (age 68)Geneva, 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.

Filmography

2025
The Beast in Me

as Mariah Ingram

TV
2025
The Surrender

as Barbara

Movie
2025
Violent Ends

as Darlene Woodley

Movie
2025
BULLDOZER

as Dr. Diane Roddy

TV
2024
guts

as Gabby

Movie
2023
Our Son

as Maggie "Miggie"

Movie
2023
Dumb Money

as Elaine Gill

Movie
2023Movie
2023Movie
2022TV
2022
Breaking

as Tami Stackhouse

Movie
2022
Bosch: Legacy

as Ida Porter

TV
2022
The Dropout

as Rochelle Gibbons

TV
2022
Inventing Anna

as Nora Radford

TV
2021Movie
2021
The Mosquito Coast

as Margot's Mom

TV
2021
The Codebreaker

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2020
The Vote

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2019TV
2019
Prodigal Son

as Sarah Windsor

TV
2019Movie
2018
Charmed

as Celeste

TV
2018Movie
2018
FBI

as Evelyn Kates

TV
2017Movie
2017
The Gifted

as Dr. Madeline Risman

TV
2017
13 Reasons Why

as Dr. Hughes

TV
2016
This Is Us

as Barbara

TV
2015
Supergirl

as Isabel Nal (voice)

TV
2015
Supergirl

as Isabel Nal

TV
2015
Martyrs

as Eleanor

Movie
2015Movie
2015Movie
2015
Amok

as Dr. Wilson

Movie
2014
Madam Secretary

as Maureen McCord

TV
2014
Don't Look Back

as Dr. Jeanette Barnes

Movie
2014
Extant

as Fiona Stanton

TV
2014
Barefoot

as Mrs. Wheeler

Movie
2013
Full Circle

as Vera Quinn

TV
2012Movie
2012
Elementary

as Maureen Dannon

TV
2012
Revolution

as Jane Warren

TV
2012
Liberal Arts

as Susan

Movie
2012
Veep

as Barbara Hallowes

TV
2012
Scandal

as Sally Langston

TV
2012Movie
2012
Key & Peele

as Hillary Clinton

TV
2011
Grimm

as Marie Kessler

TV
2011Movie
2011
Puncture

as Senator O'Reilly

Movie
2010
127 Hours

as Aron's Mom

Movie
2010
Remember Me

as Janine

Movie
2010
Consent

as Susan

Movie
2010
The Deep End

as Grace Graham

TV
2009
Modern Family

as Iris Fennerman

TV
2009
The Good Wife

as Victoria Adler

TV
2009Movie
2009
Spooner

as Alice Spooner

Movie
2008
What Just Happened

as Doctor Randall

Movie
2008
Max Payne

as Nicole Horne

Movie
2008
Eleventh Hour

as Gepetto / Miranda Cochran

TV
2008
Quid Pro Quo

as Merilee

Movie
2006
Sherrybaby

as Marcia Swanson

Movie
2006TV
2005
Stay

as Mrs. Letham

Movie
2005Movie
2005
The Closer

as Kate Wycoff

TV
2005
Empire Falls

as Cindy Whiting

TV
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Ellis Grey

TV
2005
Numb3rs

as Anthropologist

TV
2005
Medium

as Bonnie Barrister

TV
2004
Rescue Me

as Rose

TV
2003Movie
2003Movie
2002
Obsessed

as Sara Miller

Movie
2002
Swimfan

as Carla Cronin

Movie
2002
Unfaithful

as Tracy

Movie
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Stephanie Ufland

TV
2001
100 Centre Street

as Sheila Byrne

TV
2000
The Opportunists

as Rest Home Sister

Movie
1999
The West Wing

as Sarah Brainerd

TV
1999TV
1999
Judging Amy

as Dr. Sheri Jordan

TV
1998
Celebrity

as Robin's Friend Cheryl

Movie
1997
Ellen Foster

as Abigail Montford

Movie
1997
The Ice Storm

as Dorothy Franklin

Movie
1997
The Practice

as A.D.A. Susan Alexander

TV
1996
Mistrial

as Katherine Donohue

Movie
1996Movie
1996
The First Wives Club

as Woman in Bed

Movie
1996
August

as Helen Blathwaite

Movie
1995
Notes For My Daughter

as Brenda Gardner

Movie
1994
Monty

as Fran Richardson

TV
1993
Love Matters

as Deborah

Movie
1993
Life with Mikey

as Mrs. Burns

Movie
1992
Home Fires

as Anne Kramer

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Sister Bettina

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Erica Gardner

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner

TV
1988TV
1987Movie
1985
Evergreen

as Agatha Bradford

TV
1984
Ellis Island

as Vanessa Ogden

TV
1983Movie
1971TV
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days

as Serving Maid (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1951TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 10, 1957
Place of BirthGeneva, Switzerland
Popularity1.5