Kate Burton

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Kate Burton

Acting 69 September 10, 1957

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 Audien…

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Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
127 Hours

127 Hours

7.1 2010 Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Modern Family

Modern Family

7.9 2009 TV Show
Supergirl

Supergirl

7.3 2015 TV Show
13 Reasons Why

13 Reasons Why

7.5 2017 TV Show
Grimm

Grimm

8.3 2011 TV Show
Remember Me

Remember Me

7.1 2010 Movie
Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China

7.2 1986 Movie
Elementary

Elementary

7.6 2012 TV Show
This Is Us

This Is Us

8.2 2016 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Death on the Brandywine

    Movie Ann Riley

  2. 2025
    The Beast in Me

    TV show Mariah Ingram

  3. 2025
    The Surrender

    Movie Barbara

  4. 2025
    Violent Ends

    Movie Darlene Woodley

  5. 2025
    Ransom Canyon

    TV show Katherine Bullock

  6. 2025
    BULLDOZER

    TV show Dr. Diane Roddy

  7. 2025
    Oscar Wilde About America

    Movie

  8. 2024
    guts

    Movie Gabby

  9. 2023
    Our Son

    Movie Maggie "Miggie"

  10. 2023
    Dumb Money

    Movie Elaine Gill

  11. 2023
    Heaven, I Suppose

    Movie Cheryl

  12. 2023
    The Anne Frank Gift Shop

    Movie Ilse

  13. 2022
    So Help Me Todd

    TV show Joan

  14. 2022
    Breaking

    Movie Tami Stackhouse

  15. 2022
    Bosch: Legacy

    TV show Ida Porter

  16. 2022
    The Dropout

    TV show Rochelle Gibbons

More credits
  1. 2022
    Inventing Anna

    TV show Nora Radford

  2. 2021
    Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  3. 2021
    The Mosquito Coast

    TV show Margot's Mom

  4. 2021
    The Codebreaker

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  5. 2020
    The Vote

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  6. 2019
    Perfect Harmony

    TV show Julie

  7. 2019
    Prodigal Son

    TV show Sarah Windsor

  8. 2019
    Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    Movie Ellen Idelson

  9. 2018
    Charmed

    TV show Celeste

  10. 2018
    At First Light

    Movie Kate

  11. 2018
    FBI

    TV show Evelyn Kates

  12. 2017
    Noël Coward's Present Laughter

    Movie Liz Essendine

  13. 2017
    The Gifted

    TV show Dr. Madeline Risman

  14. 2017
    13 Reasons Why

    TV show Dr. Hughes

  15. 2016
    This Is Us

    TV show Barbara

  16. 2015
    Supergirl

    TV show Isabel Nal (voice)

  17. 2015
    Martyrs

    Movie Eleanor

  18. 2015
    Identity Theft

    Movie Anna

  19. 2015
    Bleeding Heart

    Movie Martha

  20. 2015
    Amok

    Movie Dr. Wilson

  21. 2014
    Madam Secretary

    TV show Maureen McCord

  22. 2014
    Don't Look Back

    Movie Dr. Jeanette Barnes

  23. 2014
    Extant

    TV show Fiona Stanton

  24. 2014
    Barefoot

    Movie Mrs. Wheeler