Kate Burton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Unfaithful (2002)
as Tracy
127 Hours (2010)
as Aron's Mom
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
as Margo
Celebrity (1998)
as Robin's Friend Cheryl
Dumb Money (2023)
as Elaine Gill
The Ice Storm (1997)
as Dorothy Franklin
Remember Me (2010)
as Janine
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Woman in Bed
Stay (2005)
as Mrs. Letham
Barefoot (2014)
as Mrs. Wheeler
Puncture (2011)
as Senator O'Reilly
The Surrender (2025)
as Barbara
Max Payne (2008)
as Nicole Horne
Mistrial (1996)
as Katherine Donohue
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
as Ellen Idelson
Caris' Peace (2011)
as Self
The Codebreaker (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self
What Just Happened (2008)
as Doctor Randall
August (1996)
as Helen Blathwaite
Identity Theft (2015)
as Anna
2 Days in New York (2012)
as Bella
Breaking (2022)
as Tami Stackhouse
Liberal Arts (2012)
as Susan
Violent Ends (2025)
as Darlene Woodley
Swimfan (2002)
as Carla Cronin
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
as Connie Posey
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Serving Maid (uncredited)
Martyrs (2015)
as Eleanor
Death on the Brandywine (2026)
as Ann Riley
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self
Sherrybaby (2006)
as Marcia Swanson
Our Son (2023)
as Maggie "Miggie"
At First Light (2018)
as Kate
Heaven, I Suppose (2023)
as Cheryl
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
as Merilee
Life with Mikey (1993)
as Mrs. Burns
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Bleeding Heart (2015)
as Martha
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
as Ophelia
A Great Depression (—)
Actor
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi (2008)
as Aunt Birdy
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self
Consent (2010)
as Susan
Ellen Foster (1997)
as Abigail Montford
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self
The Opportunists (2000)
as Rest Home Sister
Spooner (2009)
as Alice Spooner
Don't Look Back (2014)
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
Oscar Wilde About America (2025)
Actor
Noël Coward's Present Laughter (2017)
as Liz Essendine
Obsessed (2002)
as Sara Miller
Mariachi Gringo (2012)
as Anne
Amok (2015)
as Dr. Wilson
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center (2013)
as Mrs. Mullin
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Alice
The Anne Frank Gift Shop (2023)
as Ilse
Love Matters (1993)
as Deborah
Washingtonienne (2009)
as Joy
guts (2024)
as Gabby
Notes for My Daughter (1995)
as Brenda Gardner
Three Sisters (2003)
as Olga