Acting

Kate Burton

Born 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.

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Death on the Brandywine
as Ann Riley
2026
The Beast in Me
as Mariah Ingram
2025
The Surrender
as Barbara
2025
Violent Ends
as Darlene Woodley
2025
Ransom Canyon
as Katherine Bullock
2025
BULLDOZER
as Dr. Diane Roddy
2025
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
guts
as Gabby
2024
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
2023
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
2022
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Mosquito Coast
as Margot's Mom
2021
The Codebreaker
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Vote
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Perfect Harmony
as Julie
2019
Prodigal Son
as Sarah Windsor
2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Ellen Idelson
2019
Charmed
as Celeste
2018
At First Light
as Kate
2018
FBI
as Evelyn Kates
2018
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine
2017
The Gifted
as Dr. Madeline Risman
2017
13 Reasons Why
as Dr. Hughes
2017
This Is Us
as Barbara
2016
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
2015
Madam Secretary
as Maureen McCord
2014
Don't Look Back
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2014
Extant
as Fiona Stanton
2014
Barefoot
as Mrs. Wheeler
2014
Full Circle
as Vera Quinn
2013
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
as Mrs. Mullin
2013
Mariachi Gringo
as Anne
2012
Elementary
as Maureen Dannon
2012
Revolution
as 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
2012
Grimm
as Marie Kessler
2011
Caris' Peace
as Self
2011
Puncture
as Senator O'Reilly
2011
127 Hours
as Aron's Mom
2010
Remember Me
as Janine
2010
Consent
as Susan
2010
The Deep End
as Grace Graham
2010
Modern Family
as Iris Fennerman
2009
The Good Wife
as Victoria Adler
2009
Washingtonienne
as Joy
2009
Spooner
as Alice Spooner
2009
What Just Happened
as Doctor Randall
2008
Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
2008
Eleventh Hour
as Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
2008
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
as Aunt Birdy
2008
Quid Pro Quo
as Merilee
2008
Sherrybaby
as Marcia Swanson
2006
Justice
2006
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
as Anthropologist
2005
Medium
as Bonnie Barrister
2005
Rescue Me
as Rose
2004
Working Shakespeare
2003
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Connie Posey
2003
Three Sisters
as Olga
2003