Kate Burton
Born 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 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Unfaithful
Big Trouble in Little China
127 Hours
Dumb Money
The First Wives Club
Stay
Celebrity
Remember Me
The Ice Storm
Max Payne
Barefoot
The Surrender
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Martyrs
Looking for Richard
Breaking
What Just Happened
Violent Ends
2 Days in New York
Swimfan
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
Anne of the Thousand Days
Puncture
Liberal Arts
At First Light
Mistrial
Life with Mikey
Our Son
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Unreleased
Death on the Brandywine
The Codebreaker
Bleeding Heart
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Quid Pro Quo
Alice in Wonderland
Sherrybaby
Love Matters
The Opportunists
August
Ellen Foster
Obsessed
Heaven, I Suppose
Identity Theft
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
Spooner
Oscar Wilde About America
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
guts
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
TV Shows
Modern Family
FBI
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Good Wife
Elementary
The West Wing
The Closer
Supergirl
Medium
Great Performances
Tony Awards
This Is Us
Madam Secretary
Scandal
Numb3rs
The Practice
American Experience
Judging Amy
Rescue Me
American Playhouse
13 Reasons Why
Veep
Key & Peele
Prodigal Son
The Beast in Me
Charmed
The Gifted
Bosch: Legacy
Extant
The Mosquito Coast
So Help Me Todd
Eleventh Hour
Revolution
Spenser: For Hire
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
100 Centre Street
Justice
Full Circle
Brooklyn Bridge
Monty
Empire Falls
The Deep End
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Working Shakespeare
Evergreen
Perfect Harmony
Ellis Island
