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Name
Kate Burton

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1957-09-10 (69 years old)

Place of Birth
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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2002 Unfaithful as Tracy
2021 Sandra Day O'Connor: The First as Narrator (voice)
2002 Swimfan as Carla Cronin
1986 Big Trouble in Little China as Margo
2005 Stay as Mrs. Letham
2008 Max Payne as Nicole Horne
2023 Our Son as Maggie "Miggie"
1998 Celebrity as Robin's Friend Cheryl
2010 127 Hours as Aron's Mom
2003 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer as Connie Posey
2000 The Opportunists as Rest Home Sister
1997 The Ice Storm as Dorothy Franklin
2008 What Just Happened as Doctor Randall
2011 Puncture as Senator O'Reilly
2012 Liberal Arts as Susan
2012 2 Days in New York as Bella
2009 Spooner as Alice Spooner
2002 Obsessed as Sara Miller
2023 Dumb Money as Elaine Gill
1996 August as Helen Blathwaite
2010 Consent as Susan
2023 The Anne Frank Gift Shop as Ilse
2009 Washingtonienne as Joy
2023 Heaven, I Suppose as Cheryl
2008 Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi as Aunt Birdy
2011 Caris' Peace as Self
2014 Barefoot as Mrs. Wheeler
2022 Breaking as Tami Stackhouse
1993 Love Matters as Deborah
2025 Violent Ends as Darlene Woodley
1989 Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
2024 guts as Gabby
2003 Three Sisters as Olga
1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin as Ophelia
2015 Bleeding Heart as Martha
1969 Anne of the Thousand Days as Serving Maid (uncredited)
1996 Mistrial as Katherine Donohue
1983 Alice in Wonderland as Alice
2015 Martyrs as Eleanor
2025 Oscar Wilde About America
2014 Don't Look Back as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2015 Amok as Dr. Wilson
2013 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center as Mrs. Mullin
2025 The Surrender as Barbara
2008 Quid Pro Quo as Merilee
2010 Remember Me as Janine
2018 At First Light as Kate
2017 Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Liz Essendine
1993 Life with Mikey as Mrs. Burns
1997 Ellen Foster as Abigail Montford
2006 Sherrybaby as Marcia Swanson
2005 Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea as Narrator (voice)
2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Ellen Idelson
1996 The First Wives Club as Woman in Bed
2015 Identity Theft as Anna
1988 In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self
2021 The Codebreaker as Narrator (voice)
2012 Mariachi Gringo as Anne
1996 Looking for Richard as Self
2026 Death on the Brandywine as Ann Riley
1995 Notes for My Daughter as Brenda Gardner
Soon RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare as Self
Soon A Great Depression

2005 Medium ( 1 episode ) as Bonnie Barrister
1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Sister Bettina
2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 29 episodes ) as Ellis Grey
2005 Numb3rs ( 2 episodes ) as Anthropologist
1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 1 episode )
2006 Justice ( 1 episode )
1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Sheri Jordan
1988 American Experience ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator
2019 Prodigal Son ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Windsor
1997 The Practice ( 9 episodes ) as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
2004 Rescue Me ( 8 episodes ) as Rose
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Abigail
2008 Eleventh Hour ( 1 episode ) as Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
2018 Charmed ( 1 episode ) as Celeste
2015 Supergirl ( 1 episode ) as Isabel Nal (voice)
2021 The Mosquito Coast ( 1 episode ) as Margot's Mom
1994 Monty ( 13 episodes ) as Fran Richardson
2014 Extant ( 6 episodes ) as Fiona Stanton
1991 Brooklyn Bridge ( 1 episode )
1992 Home Fires ( 6 episodes ) as Anne Kramer
2010 The Deep End ( 1 episode ) as Grace Graham
2012 Revolution ( 1 episode ) as Jane Warren
2022 Inventing Anna ( 3 episodes ) as Nora Radford
2013 Full Circle ( 24 episodes ) as Vera Quinn
2005 The Closer ( 1 episode ) as Kate Wycoff
1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Brainerd
1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Erica Gardner
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Annette Cole
2009 The Good Wife ( 3 episodes ) as Victoria Adler
1984 Ellis Island ( 3 episodes ) as Vanessa Ogden
2005 Empire Falls ( 2 episodes ) as Cindy Whiting
2016 This Is Us ( 2 episodes ) as Barbara
2022 Bosch: Legacy ( 5 episodes ) as Ida Porter
2012 Scandal ( 42 episodes ) as Sally Langston
2011 Grimm ( 2 episodes ) as Marie Kessler
1990 Law & Order ( 3 episodes ) as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
2017 The Gifted ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Madeline Risman
2015 Supergirl ( 2 episodes ) as Isabel Nal
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Stephanie Ufland
2022 The Dropout ( 4 episodes ) as Rochelle Gibbons
2020 The Vote ( 2 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
2012 Veep ( 3 episodes ) as Barbara Hallowes
2012 Elementary ( 1 episode ) as Maureen Dannon
2009 Modern Family ( 1 episode ) as Iris Fennerman
2022 So Help Me Todd ( 1 episode ) as Joan
2019 Perfect Harmony ( 1 episode ) as Julie
2017 13 Reasons Why ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Hughes
2018 FBI ( 1 episode ) as Evelyn Kates
2001 100 Centre Street ( 1 episode ) as Sheila Byrne
1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Alice
2012 Key & Peele ( 1 episode ) as Hillary Clinton
2025 BULLDOZER ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Diane Roddy
2014 Madam Secretary ( 1 episode ) as Maureen McCord
2003 Working Shakespeare ( 5 episodes )
1985 Evergreen ( 1 episode ) as Agatha Bradford
2025 The Beast in Me ( 2 episodes ) as Mariah Ingram
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Bethany Allen
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Agnes Bolton O'Neill
2025 Ransom Canyon ( 3 episodes ) as Katherine Bullock

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