Kate Burton
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Unfaithful
as Tracy
2002
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Swimfan
as Carla Cronin
2002
Big Trouble in Little China
as Margo
1986
Stay
as Mrs. Letham
2005
Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
2008
Our Son
as Maggie "Miggie"
2023
Celebrity
as Robin's Friend Cheryl
1998
127 Hours
as Aron's Mom
2010
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Connie Posey
2003
The Opportunists
as Rest Home Sister
2000
The Ice Storm
as Dorothy Franklin
1997
What Just Happened
as Doctor Randall
2008
Puncture
as Senator O'Reilly
2011
Liberal Arts
as Susan
2012
2 Days in New York
as Bella
2012
Spooner
as Alice Spooner
2009
Obsessed
as Sara Miller
2002
Dumb Money
as Elaine Gill
2023
August
as Helen Blathwaite
1996
TV Appearances
Medium
as Bonnie Barrister
2005
Law & Order
as Sister Bettina
1990
Grey's Anatomy
as Ellis Grey
2005
Numb3rs
as Anthropologist
2005
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Justice
2006
Judging Amy
as Dr. Sheri Jordan
1999
American Experience
as Narrator
1988
Prodigal Son
as Sarah Windsor
2019
The Practice
as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
1997
Rescue Me
as Rose
2004
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abigail
1951