Kate Burton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-09-10 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Geneva, Switzerland

Also Known As

  • Katherine Burton
  • 케이트 버튼

Kate Burton

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

Grey's Anatomy
8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

127 Hours
7.1%

127 Hours

Nov 12, 2010

13 Reasons Why
7.6%

13 Reasons Why

Mar 31, 2017

Supergirl
7.3%

Supergirl

Oct 26, 2015

Supergirl
7.3%

Supergirl

Oct 26, 2015

Remember Me
7.1%

Remember Me

Mar 11, 2010

Grimm
8.3%

Grimm

Oct 28, 2011

Modern Family
7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

Max Payne
5.4%

Max Payne

Oct 15, 2008

Elementary
7.6%

Elementary

Sep 27, 2012

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Acting

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