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