Kate Burton

Actor

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.

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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.

Acting

Death on the Brandywine
Film, 2026
as Ann Riley
The Beast in Me
TV series, 2025
as Mariah Ingram
The Surrender
Film, 2025
as Barbara
Violent Ends
Film, 2025
as Darlene Woodley
Ransom Canyon
TV series, 2025
as Katherine Bullock
BULLDOZER
TV series, 2025
as Dr. Diane Roddy
Oscar Wilde About America
Film, 2025
guts
Film, 2024
as Gabby
Our Son
Film, 2023
as Maggie "Miggie"
Dumb Money
Film, 2023
as Elaine Gill
Heaven, I Suppose
Film, 2023
as Cheryl
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Film, 2023
as Ilse
So Help Me Todd
TV series, 2022
as Joan
Breaking
Film, 2022
as Tami Stackhouse
Bosch: Legacy
TV series, 2022
as Ida Porter
The Dropout
TV series, 2022
as Rochelle Gibbons
Inventing Anna
TV series, 2022
as Nora Radford
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Film, 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Mosquito Coast
TV series, 2021
as Margot's Mom
The Codebreaker
Film, 2021
as Narrator (voice)
The Vote
TV series, 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Perfect Harmony
TV series, 2019
as Julie
Prodigal Son
TV series, 2019
as Sarah Windsor
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Film, 2019
as Ellen Idelson
Charmed
TV series, 2018
as Celeste
At First Light
Film, 2018
as Kate
FBI
TV series, 2018
as Evelyn Kates
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Film, 2017
as Liz Essendine
The Gifted
TV series, 2017
as Dr. Madeline Risman
13 Reasons Why
TV series, 2017
as Dr. Hughes