Kate Burton
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.
Born: September 10, 1957 · Geneva, Switzerland
Filmography (92)
The Beast in Me
2025
The Surrender
2025
Violent Ends
2025
Our Son
2023
Dumb Money
2023
So Help Me Todd
2022
Breaking
2022
Bosch: Legacy
2022
The Dropout
2022
Inventing Anna
2022
The Mosquito Coast
2021
Perfect Harmony
2019
Prodigal Son
2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
Charmed
2018
At First Light
2018
FBI
2018
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017
The Gifted
2017
13 Reasons Why
2017
This Is Us
2016
Supergirl
2015
Martyrs
2015
Bleeding Heart
2015
Madam Secretary
2014
Don't Look Back
2014
Extant
2014
Barefoot
2014
Full Circle
2013
Mariachi Gringo
2012
Elementary
2012
Revolution
2012
Liberal Arts
2012
Veep
2012
Scandal
2012
2 Days in New York
2012
Key & Peele
2012
Grimm
2011
Puncture
2011
127 Hours
2010
Remember Me
2010
Consent
2010
The Deep End
2010
Modern Family
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Spooner
2009
What Just Happened
2008
Max Payne
2008
Eleventh Hour
2008
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008
Quid Pro Quo
2008
Sherrybaby
2006
Justice
2006
Stay
2005
The Closer
2005
Empire Falls
2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Medium
2005
Rescue Me
2004
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003
Obsessed
2002
Swimfan
2002
Unfaithful
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
100 Centre Street
2001
The Opportunists
2000
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Celebrity
1998
Ellen Foster
1997
The Ice Storm
1997
The Practice
1997
Mistrial
1996
Looking for Richard
1996
The First Wives Club
1996
August
1996
Monty
1994
Life with Mikey
1993
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Law & Order
1990
American Experience
1988
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Evergreen
1985
Ellis Island
1984
Alice in Wonderland
1983
Great Performances
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951