Kate Burton
Acting
1957-09-10 · Geneva, Switzerland
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
TheatersDeath on the Brandywine
2026 · Movie
The Beast in Me
2025 · Series
The Surrender
2025 · Movie
Violent Ends
2025 · Movie
BULLDOZER
2025 · Series
Oscar Wilde About America
2025 · Movie
guts
2024 · Movie
Our Son
2023 · Movie
Dumb Money
2023 · Movie
Heaven, I Suppose
2023 · Movie
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
2023 · Movie
So Help Me Todd
2022 · Series
Breaking
2022 · Movie
Bosch: Legacy
2022 · Series
The Dropout
2022 · Series
Inventing Anna
2022 · Series
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
2021 · Movie
The Mosquito Coast
2021 · Series
The Codebreaker
2021 · Movie
The Vote
2020 · Series
Perfect Harmony
2019 · Series
Prodigal Son
2019 · Series
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · Movie
Charmed
2018 · Series
At First Light
2018 · Movie
FBI
2018 · Series
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017 · Movie
The Gifted
2017 · Series
13 Reasons Why
2017 · Series
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Supergirl
2015 · Series
Martyrs
2015 · Movie
Identity Theft
2015 · Movie
Bleeding Heart
2015 · Movie
Amok
2015 · Movie
Madam Secretary
2014 · Series
Don't Look Back
2014 · Movie
Extant
2014 · Series
Barefoot
2014 · Movie
Full Circle
2013 · Series
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013 · Movie
Mariachi Gringo
2012 · Movie
Elementary
2012 · Series
Revolution
2012 · Series
Liberal Arts
2012 · Movie
Veep
2012 · Series
Scandal
2012 · Series
2 Days in New York
2012 · Movie
Key & Peele
2012 · Series
Grimm
2011 · Series
Caris' Peace
2011 · Movie
Puncture
2011 · Movie
127 Hours
2010 · Movie
Remember Me
2010 · Movie
Consent
2010 · Movie
The Deep End
2010 · Series
Modern Family
2009 · Series
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
Washingtonienne
2009 · Movie
Spooner
2009 · Movie
What Just Happened
2008 · Movie
Max Payne
2008 · Movie
Eleventh Hour
2008 · Series
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008 · Movie
Quid Pro Quo
2008 · Movie
Sherrybaby
2006 · Movie
Justice
2006 · Series
Stay
2005 · Movie
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005 · Movie
The Closer
2005 · Series
Empire Falls
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Medium
2005 · Series
Rescue Me
2004 · Series
Working Shakespeare
2003 · Series
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003 · Movie
Three Sisters
2003 · Movie
Obsessed
2002 · Movie
Swimfan
2002 · Movie
Unfaithful
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
100 Centre Street
2001 · Series
The Opportunists
2000 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Judging Amy
1999 · Series
Celebrity
1998 · Movie
Ellen Foster
1997 · Movie
The Ice Storm
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Mistrial
1996 · Movie
Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie
The First Wives Club
1996 · Movie
August
1996 · Movie
Notes for My Daughter
1995 · Movie
Monty
1994 · Series
Love Matters
1993 · Movie
Life with Mikey
1993 · Movie
Home Fires
1992 · Series
Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Movie
American Experience
1988 · Series
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988 · Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 · Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Movie
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
Evergreen
1985 · Series
Ellis Island
1984 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Movie
A Great Depression
Movie