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.
TV Shows(54)
The Beast in Me
Mariah Ingram
2025
BULLDOZER
Dr. Diane Roddy
2025
So Help Me Todd
Joan
2022
Bosch: Legacy
Ida Porter
2022
The Dropout
Rochelle Gibbons
2022
Inventing Anna
Nora Radford
2022
The Mosquito Coast
Margot's Mom
2021
The Vote
Narrator (voice)
2020
Perfect Harmony
Julie
2019
Prodigal Son
Sarah Windsor
2019
Charmed
Celeste
2018
FBI
Evelyn Kates
2018
The Gifted
Dr. Madeline Risman
2017
13 Reasons Why
Dr. Hughes
2017
This Is Us
Barbara
2016
Supergirl
Isabel Nal (voice)
2015
Madam Secretary
Maureen McCord
2014
Extant
Fiona Stanton
2014
Full Circle
Vera Quinn
2013
Elementary
Maureen Dannon
2012
Revolution
Jane Warren
2012
Veep
Barbara Hallowes
2012
Scandal
Sally Langston
2012
Key & Peele
Hillary Clinton
2012
Grimm
Marie Kessler
2011
The Deep End
Grace Graham
2010
Modern Family
Iris Fennerman
2009
The Good Wife
Victoria Adler
2009
Eleventh Hour
Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
2008
Justice
2006
The Closer
Kate Wycoff
2005
Empire Falls
Cindy Whiting
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Ellis Grey
2005
Numb3rs
Anthropologist
2005
Medium
Bonnie Barrister
2005
Rescue Me
Rose
2004
Working Shakespeare
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Stephanie Ufland
2001
100 Centre Street
Sheila Byrne
2001
The West Wing
Sarah Brainerd
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Annette Cole
1999
Judging Amy
Dr. Sheri Jordan
1999
The Practice
A.D.A. Susan Alexander
1997
Monty
Fran Richardson
1994
Home Fires
Anne Kramer
1992
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Law & Order
Sister Bettina
1990
American Experience
Narrator
1988
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Evergreen
Agatha Bradford
1985
Ellis Island
Vanessa Ogden
1984
Great Performances
Alice
1971
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Abigail
1951
Movies(61)
The Surrender
Barbara
2025
Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
2025
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
guts
Gabby
2024
Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
2023
Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
2023
Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
2023
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
2023
Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
2022
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
2021
The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
2021
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
2019
At First Light
Kate
2018
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
2017
Martyrs
Eleanor
2015
Identity Theft
Anna
2015
Bleeding Heart
Martha
2015
Amok
Dr. Wilson
2015
Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2014
Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
2014
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
2013
Mariachi Gringo
Anne
2012
Liberal Arts
Susan
2012
2 Days in New York
Bella
2012
Caris' Peace
Self
2011
Puncture
Senator O'Reilly
2011
127 Hours
Aron's Mom
2010
Remember Me
Janine
2010
Consent
Susan
2010
Washingtonienne
Joy
2009
Spooner
Alice Spooner
2009
What Just Happened
Doctor Randall
2008
Max Payne
Nicole Horne
2008
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Aunt Birdy
2008
Quid Pro Quo
Merilee
2008
Sherrybaby
Marcia Swanson
2006
Stay
Mrs. Letham
2005
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
2005
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Connie Posey
2003
Three Sisters
Olga
2003
Obsessed
Sara Miller
2002
Swimfan
Carla Cronin
2002
Unfaithful
Tracy
2002
The Opportunists
Rest Home Sister
2000
Celebrity
Robin's Friend Cheryl
1998
Ellen Foster
Abigail Montford
1997
The Ice Storm
Dorothy Franklin
1997
Mistrial
Katherine Donohue
1996
Looking for Richard
Self
1996
The First Wives Club
Woman in Bed
1996
August
Helen Blathwaite
1996
Notes For My Daughter
Brenda Gardner
1995
Love Matters
Deborah
1993
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Burns
1993
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Self
1988
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ophelia
1987
Big Trouble in Little China
Margo
1986
Alice in Wonderland
Alice
1983
Anne of the Thousand Days
Serving Maid (uncredited)
1969
Death on the Brandywine
Ann Riley