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Actor
Kate Burton
- Born September 10, 1957 in 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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy2005
127 Hours2010
13 Reasons Why2017
Supergirl2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Remember Me2010
Grimm2011
Modern Family2009
Filmography
- TBARSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareFilmSelf
- TBAA Great DepressionFilm
- 2026Death on the BrandywineFilmAnn Riley
- 2025The Beast in MeSeriesMariah Ingram
- 2025Ransom CanyonSeriesKatherine Bullock
- 2025The SurrenderFilmBarbara
- 2025Violent EndsFilmDarlene Woodley
- 2025Oscar Wilde About AmericaFilm
- 2025BULLDOZERSeriesDr. Diane Roddy
- 2024gutsFilmGabby
- 2023Dumb MoneyFilmElaine Gill
- 2023Our SonFilmMaggie "Miggie"
- 2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopFilmIlse
- 2023Heaven, I SupposeFilmCheryl
- 2022Inventing AnnaSeriesNora Radford
- 2022The DropoutSeriesRochelle Gibbons
- 2022Bosch: LegacySeriesIda Porter
- 2022BreakingFilmTami Stackhouse
- 2022So Help Me ToddSeriesJoan
- 2021The Mosquito CoastSeriesMargot's Mom
- 2021The CodebreakerFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2021Sandra Day O'Connor: The FirstFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2020The VoteSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteFilmEllen Idelson
- 2019Prodigal SonSeriesSarah Windsor
- 2019Perfect HarmonySeriesJulie
- 2018FBISeriesEvelyn Kates
- 2018CharmedSeriesCeleste
- 2018At First LightFilmKate
- 201713 Reasons WhySeriesDr. Hughes
- 2017The GiftedSeriesDr. Madeline Risman
- 2017Noël Coward's Present LaughterFilmLiz Essendine
- 2016This Is UsSeriesBarbara
- 2015SupergirlSeriesIsabel Nal (voice), Isabel Nal
- 2015MartyrsFilmEleanor
- 2015Bleeding HeartFilmMartha
- 2015Identity TheftFilmAnna
- 2015AmokFilmDr. Wilson
- 2014BarefootFilmMrs. Wheeler
- 2014ExtantSeriesFiona Stanton
- 2014Madam SecretarySeriesMaureen McCord
- 2014Don't Look BackFilmDr. Jeanette Barnes
- 2013Full CircleSeriesVera Quinn
- 2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterFilmMrs. Mullin
- 2012ElementarySeriesMaureen Dannon
- 2012RevolutionSeriesJane Warren
- 2012ScandalSeriesSally Langston
- 2012Liberal ArtsFilmSusan
- 2012VeepSeriesBarbara Hallowes
- 20122 Days in New YorkFilmBella
- 2012Key & PeeleSeriesHillary Clinton
- 2012Mariachi GringoFilmAnne
- 2011GrimmSeriesMarie Kessler
- 2011PunctureFilmSenator O'Reilly
- 2011Caris' PeaceFilmSelf
- 2010127 HoursFilmAron's Mom
- 2010Remember MeFilmJanine
- 2010ConsentFilmSusan
- 2010The Deep EndSeriesGrace Graham
- 2009Modern FamilySeriesIris Fennerman
- 2009The Good WifeSeriesVictoria Adler
- 2009SpoonerFilmAlice Spooner
- 2009WashingtonienneFilmJoy
- 2008Max PayneFilmNicole Horne
- 2008What Just HappenedFilmDoctor Randall
- 2008Eleventh HourSeriesGepetto / Miranda Cochran
- 2008Quid Pro QuoFilmMerilee
- 2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiFilmAunt Birdy
- 2006SherrybabyFilmMarcia Swanson
- 2006JusticeSeries
- 2005Grey's AnatomySeriesEllis Grey
- 2005StayFilmMrs. Letham
- 2005MediumSeriesBonnie Barrister
- 2005Numb3rsSeriesAnthropologist
- 2005The CloserSeriesKate Wycoff
- 2005Empire FallsSeriesCindy Whiting
- 2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2004Rescue MeSeriesRose
- 2003The Diary of Ellen RimbauerFilmConnie Posey
- 2003Three SistersFilmOlga