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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 10, 1957
Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland
Also Known As
- Katherine Burton
- 케이트 버튼
Kate Burton
1.3 Popularity
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
Credits
The Surrender
as Barbara
2025
5.4
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BULLDOZER
as Dr. Diane Roddy
2025
0.0
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
0.0
guts
as Gabby
2024
5.5
Our Son
as Maggie "Miggie"
2023
5.6
Dumb Money
as Elaine Gill
2023
6.7
Heaven, I Suppose
as Cheryl
2023
0.0
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
as Ilse
2023
0.0
So Help Me Todd
as Joan
2022
7.4
Breaking
as Tami Stackhouse
2022
6.5
Bosch: Legacy
as Ida Porter
2022
8.0
The Dropout
as Rochelle Gibbons
2022
7.3
Inventing Anna
as Nora Radford
2022
6.8
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Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
as Narrator (voice)
2021
0.0
The Mosquito Coast
as Margot's Mom
2021
6.7
The Codebreaker
as Narrator (voice)
2021
7.0
The Vote
as Narrator (voice)
2020
8.0
Perfect Harmony
as Julie
2019
6.1
Prodigal Son
as Sarah Windsor
2019
8.1
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Ellen Idelson
2019
6.6
Charmed
as Celeste
2018
7.2
At First Light
as Kate
2018
5.7
FBI
as Evelyn Kates
2018
7.9
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine
2017
6.4
The Gifted
as Dr. Madeline Risman
2017
7.6
13 Reasons Why
as Dr. Hughes
2017
7.6
This Is Us
as Barbara
2016
8.2
Supergirl
as Isabel Nal (voice)
2015
7.3
Supergirl
as Isabel Nal
2015
7.3
Martyrs
as Eleanor
2015
5.1
Identity Theft
as Anna
2015
0.0
Bleeding Heart
as Martha
2015
5.0
Amok
as Dr. Wilson
2015
0.0
Madam Secretary
as Maureen McCord
2014
7.0
Don't Look Back
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2014
5.4
Extant
as Fiona Stanton
2014
6.3
Barefoot
as Mrs. Wheeler
2014
6.6
Full Circle
as Vera Quinn
2013
6.3
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
as Mrs. Mullin
2013
7.3
Mariachi Gringo
as Anne
2012
6.5
Elementary
as Maureen Dannon
2012
7.6
Revolution
as Dr. Jane Warren
2012
6.4
Liberal Arts
as Susan
2012
6.4
Veep
as Barbara Hallowes
2012
7.4
Scandal
as Sally Langston
2012
7.2
2 Days in New York
as Bella
2012
5.6
Key & Peele
as Hillary Clinton
2012
7.6
Grimm
as Marie Kessler
2011
8.3
Caris' Peace
as Self
2011
5.0
Puncture
as Senator O'Reilly
2011
6.7
127 Hours
as Aron's Mom
2010
7.1
Remember Me
as Janine
2010
7.1
Consent
as Susan
2010
5.2
The Deep End
2010
6.3
Modern Family
as Iris Fennerman
2009
7.9
The Good Wife
as Victoria Adler
2009
7.6
Washingtonienne
as Joy
2009
0.0
Spooner
as Alice Spooner
2009
5.6
What Just Happened
as Doctor Randall
2008
5.4
Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
2008
5.4
Eleventh Hour
2008
6.6
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
as Aunt Birdy
2008
6.6
Quid Pro Quo
as Merilee
2008
5.2
Sherrybaby
as Marcia Swanson
2006
6.1
Justice
2006
7.0
Stay
as Mrs. Letham
2005
6.6
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
as Narrator (voice)
2005
5.7
The Closer
as Kate Wycoff
2005
7.9
Empire Falls
as Cindy Whiting
2005
6.6
Grey's Anatomy
as Ellis Grey
2005
8.2
Numb3rs
2005
7.0
Medium
as Bonnie Barrister
2005
7.5
Rescue Me
as Rose
2004
7.7
Working Shakespeare
2003
0.0
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Connie Posey
2003
5.5
Three Sisters
as Olga
2003
0.0
Obsessed
as Sara Miller
2002
5.1
Swimfan
as Carla Cronin
2002
5.3
Unfaithful
as Tracy
2002
6.7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Stephanie Ufland
2001
7.6
100 Centre Street
as Sheila Byrne
2001
7.7
The Opportunists
as Rest Home Sister
2000
5.7
The West Wing
as Sarah Brainerd
1999
8.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Annette Cole
1999
7.9
Judging Amy
as Dr. Sheri Jordan
1999
7.5
Ellen Foster
as Abigail Montford
1998
6.0
Celebrity
as Robin's Friend Cheryl
1998
6.0
The Ice Storm
as Dorothy Franklin
1997
6.9
The Practice
as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
1997
7.7
Mistrial
as Katherine Donohue
1996
5.0
Looking for Richard
as Self
1996
6.8
The First Wives Club
as Woman in Bed
1996
6.7
August
as Helen Blathwaite
1996
4.0
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Notes For My Daughter
as Brenda Gardner
1995
0.0
Monty
as Fran Richardson
1994
0.0
Love Matters
as Deborah
1993
2.7
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Burns
1993
5.7
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Home Fires
as Anne Kramer
1992
6.0
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
7.5
Law & Order
as Sister Bettina
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Erica Gardner
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
1990
7.4
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
0.0
American Experience
as Narrator
1988
7.4
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
1988
6.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Ophelia
1987
7.0
Big Trouble in Little China
as Margo
1986
7.2
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
Ellis Island
as Vanessa Ogden
1984
5.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Alice
1983
6.8
Great Performances
as Alice
1971
5.3
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Serving Maid (uncredited)
1969
7.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abigail
1951
8.6
🎬
Violent Ends
N/A
0.0
Death on the Brandywine
as Ann Riley
N/A
0.0