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.
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Movies (63)
Death on the Brandywine
2026 · Ann Riley
Invocación
2025 · Barbara
Metodos Violentos
2025 · Darlene Woodley
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
guts
2024 · Gabby
Nuestro Hijo
2023 · Maggie "Miggie"
El poder de los centavos
2023 · Elaine Gill
Heaven, I Suppose
2023 · Cheryl
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
2023 · Ilse
Quiebre
2022 · Tami Stackhouse
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
2021 · Narrator (voice)
The Codebreaker
2021 · Narrator (voice)
¿Dónde estás, Bernadette?
2019 · Ellen Idelson
Primera Llegada
2018 · Kate
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017 · Liz Essendine
Mártires
2015 · Eleanor
Identity Theft
2015 · Anna
Bleeding Heart
2015 · Martha
Amok
2015 · Dr. Wilson
Don't Look Back
2014 · Dr. Jeanette Barnes
Descalza
2014 · Mrs. Wheeler
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013 · Mrs. Mullin
El Mariachi Gringo
2012 · Anne
Amor y letras
2012 · Susan
2 Days in New York
2012 · Bella
Caris' Peace
2011 · Self
Puncture
2011 · Senator O'Reilly
127 Horas
2010 · Aron's Mom
Recuérdame
2010 · Janine
Consent
2010 · Susan
Washingtonienne
2009 · Joy
Spooner
2009 · Alice Spooner
Los realizadores
2008 · Doctor Randall
Max Payne
2008 · Nicole Horne
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008 · Aunt Birdy
Quid Pro Quo
2008 · Merilee
Sherrybaby
2006 · Marcia Swanson
El umbral
2005 · Mrs. Letham
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005 · Narrator (voice)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003 · Connie Posey
Three Sisters
2003 · Olga
Obsessed
2002 · Sara Miller
Swimfan
2002 · Carla Cronin
Infidelidad
2002 · Tracy
The Opportunists
2000 · Rest Home Sister
Celebrity
1998 · Robin's Friend Cheryl
Ellen Foster
1997 · Abigail Montford
The Ice Storm
1997 · Dorothy Franklin
Mistrial
1996 · Katherine Donohue
Looking for Richard
1996 · Self
The First Wives Club
1996 · Woman in Bed
August
1996 · Helen Blathwaite
Notes for My Daughter
1995 · Brenda Gardner
Love Matters
1993 · Deborah
Life with Mikey
1993 · Mrs. Burns
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988 · Self
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 · Ophelia
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Margo
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Alice
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Serving Maid (uncredited)
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
· Self
A Great Depression
TV shows (56)
The Beast in Me
2025 · Mariah Ingram
Ransom Canyon
2025 · Katherine Bullock
BULLDOZER
2025 · Dr. Diane Roddy
So Help Me Todd
2022 · Joan
Bosch: El Legado
2022 · Ida Porter
The Dropout: Auge y caída de Elizabeth Holmes
2022 · Rochelle Gibbons
Inventando a Anna
2022 · Nora Radford
La costa de los mosquitos
2021 · Margot's Mom
The Vote
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Perfect Harmony
2019 · Julie
Prodigal Son
2019 · Sarah Windsor
Hechiceras
2018 · Celeste
F.B.I.
2018 · Evelyn Kates
The Gifted: Los Elegidos
2017 · Dr. Madeline Risman
13 Reasons Why
2017 · Dr. Hughes
This Is Us
2016 · Barbara
Supergirl
2015 · Isabel Nal (voice), Isabel Nal
Madam Secretary
2014 · Maureen McCord
Extan I
2014 · Fiona Stanton
Full Circle
2013 · Vera Quinn
Elementary
2012 · Maureen Dannon
Revolution
2012 · Jane Warren
Veep
2012 · Barbara Hallowes
Escándalo
2012 · Sally Langston
Key & Peele
2012 · Hillary Clinton
Grimm
2011 · Marie Kessler
The Deep End
2010 · Grace Graham
Una Familia Moderna
2009 · Iris Fennerman
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Victoria Adler
Eleventh Hour
2008 · Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
Justice
2006
Caso Resuelto
2005 · Kate Wycoff
Empire Falls
2005 · Cindy Whiting
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Ellis Grey
Numb3rs
2005 · Anthropologist
Médium
2005 · Bonnie Barrister
Rescue Me
2004 · Rose
Working Shakespeare
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Stephanie Ufland
100 Centre Street
2001 · Sheila Byrne
The West Wing
1999 · Sarah Brainerd
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Annette Cole, Bethany Allen
Judging Amy
1999 · Dr. Sheri Jordan
The Practice
1997 · A.D.A. Susan Alexander
Monty
1994 · Fran Richardson
Home Fires
1992 · Anne Kramer
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Law & Order
1990 · Sister Bettina, Erica Gardner, Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
American Experience
1988 · Narrator
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Evergreen
1985 · Agatha Bradford
Ellis Island
1984 · Vanessa Ogden
American Playhouse
1982 · Agnes Bolton O'Neill
Great Performances
1971 · Alice
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Abigail