Kate Burton

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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

Ellis Grey

127 Hours

Aron's Mom

13 Reasons Why

Dr. Hughes

Supergirl

Isabel Nal (voice)

Supergirl

Isabel Nal

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Annette Cole

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Bethany Allen

Remember Me

Janine

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Death on the Brandywine MOVIE	Ann Riley
2025	The Beast in Me TV	Mariah Ingram
2025	The Surrender MOVIE	Barbara
2025	Violent Ends MOVIE	Darlene Woodley
2025	BULLDOZER TV	Dr. Diane Roddy
2025	Oscar Wilde About America MOVIE	Self
2024	guts MOVIE	Gabby
2023	Our Son MOVIE	Maggie "Miggie"
2023	Dumb Money MOVIE	Elaine Gill
2023	Heaven, I Suppose MOVIE	Cheryl
2023	The Anne Frank Gift Shop MOVIE	Ilse
2022	So Help Me Todd TV	Joan
2022	Breaking MOVIE	Tami Stackhouse
2022	Bosch: Legacy TV	Ida Porter
2022	The Dropout TV	Rochelle Gibbons
2022	Inventing Anna TV	Nora Radford
2021	Sandra Day O'Connor: The First MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2021	The Mosquito Coast TV	Margot's Mom
2021	The Codebreaker MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2020	The Vote TV	Narrator (voice)
2019	Perfect Harmony TV	Julie
2019	Prodigal Son TV	Sarah Windsor
2019	Where'd You Go, Bernadette MOVIE	Ellen Idelson
2018	Charmed TV	Celeste
2018	At First Light MOVIE	Kate
2018	FBI TV	Evelyn Kates
2017	Noël Coward's Present Laughter MOVIE	Liz Essendine
2017	The Gifted TV	Dr. Madeline Risman
2017	13 Reasons Why TV	Dr. Hughes
2016	This Is Us TV	Barbara
2015	Supergirl TV	Isabel Nal (voice)
2015	Supergirl TV	Isabel Nal
2015	Martyrs MOVIE	Eleanor
2015	Identity Theft MOVIE	Anna
2015	Bleeding Heart MOVIE	Martha
2015	Amok MOVIE	Dr. Wilson
2014	Madam Secretary TV	Maureen McCord
2014	Don't Look Back MOVIE	Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2014	Extant TV	Fiona Stanton
2014	Barefoot MOVIE	Mrs. Wheeler
2013	Full Circle TV	Vera Quinn
2013	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center MOVIE	Mrs. Mullin
2012	Mariachi Gringo MOVIE	Anne
2012	Elementary TV	Maureen Dannon
2012	Revolution TV	Jane Warren
2012	Liberal Arts MOVIE	Susan
2012	Veep TV	Barbara Hallowes
2012	Scandal TV	Sally Langston
2012	2 Days in New York MOVIE	Bella
2012	Key & Peele TV	Hillary Clinton
2011	Grimm TV	Marie Kessler
2011	Caris' Peace MOVIE	Self
2011	Puncture MOVIE	Senator O'Reilly
2010	127 Hours MOVIE	Aron's Mom
2010	Remember Me MOVIE	Janine
2010	Consent MOVIE	Susan
2010	The Deep End TV	Grace Graham
2009	Modern Family TV	Iris Fennerman
2009	The Good Wife TV	Victoria Adler
2009	Washingtonienne MOVIE	Joy
2009	Spooner MOVIE	Alice Spooner
2008	What Just Happened MOVIE	Doctor Randall
2008	Max Payne MOVIE	Nicole Horne
2008	Eleventh Hour TV	Gepetto / Miranda Cochran
2008	Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi MOVIE	Aunt Birdy
2008	Quid Pro Quo MOVIE	Merilee
2006	Sherrybaby MOVIE	Marcia Swanson
2006	Justice TV	Self
2005	Stay MOVIE	Mrs. Letham
2005	Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2005	The Closer TV	Kate Wycoff
2005	Empire Falls TV	Cindy Whiting
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Ellis Grey
2005	Numb3rs TV	Anthropologist
2005	Medium TV	Bonnie Barrister
2004	Rescue Me TV	Rose
2003	Working Shakespeare TV	Self
2003	The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer MOVIE	Connie Posey
2003	Three Sisters MOVIE	Olga
2002	Obsessed MOVIE	Sara Miller
2002	Swimfan MOVIE	Carla Cronin
2002	Unfaithful MOVIE	Tracy
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Stephanie Ufland
2001	100 Centre Street TV	Sheila Byrne
2000	The Opportunists MOVIE	Rest Home Sister
1999	The West Wing TV	Sarah Brainerd
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Annette Cole
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Bethany Allen
1999	Judging Amy TV	Dr. Sheri Jordan
1998	Celebrity MOVIE	Robin's Friend Cheryl
1997	Ellen Foster MOVIE	Abigail Montford
1997	The Ice Storm MOVIE	Dorothy Franklin
1997	The Practice TV	A.D.A. Susan Alexander
1996	Mistrial MOVIE	Katherine Donohue
1996	Looking for Richard MOVIE	Self
1996	The First Wives Club MOVIE	Woman in Bed
1996	August MOVIE	Helen Blathwaite
1995	Notes for My Daughter MOVIE	Brenda Gardner
1994	Monty TV	Fran Richardson
1993	Love Matters MOVIE	Deborah
1993	Life with Mikey MOVIE	Mrs. Burns
1992	Home Fires TV	Anne Kramer
1991	Brooklyn Bridge TV	Self
1990	Law & Order TV	Sister Bettina
1990	Law & Order TV	Erica Gardner
1990	Law & Order TV	Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre MOVIE	Self
1988	American Experience TV	Narrator
1988	In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton MOVIE	Self
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin MOVIE	Ophelia
1986	Big Trouble in Little China MOVIE	Margo
1985	Spenser: For Hire TV	Self
1985	Evergreen TV	Agatha Bradford
1984	Ellis Island TV	Vanessa Ogden
1983	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	Alice
1982	American Playhouse TV	Agnes Bolton O'Neill
1971	Great Performances TV	Alice
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days MOVIE	Serving Maid (uncredited)
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Abigail
	RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare MOVIE	Self
	A Great Depression MOVIE	Self

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