
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

Dumb Money (2023)
as Elaine Gill

The Ice Storm (1997)
as Dorothy Franklin

Max Payne (2008)
as Nicole Horne

Remember Me (2010)
as Janine

Violent Ends (2025)
as Darlene Woodley

Stay (2005)
as Mrs. Letham

Barefoot (2014)
as Mrs. Wheeler

The First Wives Club (1996)
as Woman in Bed

Liberal Arts (2012)
as Susan

Celebrity (1998)
as Robin's Friend Cheryl

The Surrender (2025)
as Barbara

Breaking (2022)
as Tami Stackhouse

Looking for Richard (1996)
as Self

What Just Happened (2008)
as Doctor Randall

Martyrs (2015)
as Eleanor

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Serving Maid (uncredited)

Swimfan (2002)
as Carla Cronin

Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
as Ellen Idelson

Our Son (2023)
as Maggie "Miggie"

At First Light (2018)
as Kate

Quid Pro Quo (2008)
as Merilee

Puncture (2011)
as Senator O'Reilly

Life with Mikey (1993)
as Mrs. Burns

2 Days in New York (2012)
as Bella

Bleeding Heart (2015)
as Martha

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
as Connie Posey

Ellen Foster (1997)
as Abigail Montford

The Opportunists (2000)
as Rest Home Sister

Mistrial (1996)
as Katherine Donohue

Sherrybaby (2006)
as Marcia Swanson

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
as Ophelia

Obsessed (2002)
as Sara Miller

Spooner (2009)
as Alice Spooner

August (1996)
as Helen Blathwaite

Death on the Brandywine (—)
as Ann Riley

Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Alice
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self

Love Matters (1993)
as Deborah

Three Sisters (2003)
as Olga

Mariachi Gringo (2012)
as Anne

Caris' Peace (2011)
as Self

Don't Look Back (2014)
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988)
as Self

Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi (2008)
as Aunt Birdy
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (—)
as Self

Consent (2010)
as Susan

Washingtonienne (2009)
as Joy

Identity Theft (2015)
as Anna

Oscar Wilde About America (2025)
Actor

The Anne Frank Gift Shop (2023)
as Ilse

guts (2024)
as Gabby

Amok (2015)
as Dr. Wilson

The Codebreaker (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Notes For My Daughter (1995)
as Brenda Gardner

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center (2013)
as Mrs. Mullin

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (2005)
as Narrator (voice)

Noël Coward's Present Laughter (2017)
as Liz Essendine

Heaven, I Suppose (2023)
as Cheryl

Sandra Day O'Connor: The First (2021)
as Narrator (voice)





