About
Kate Burton
Overview
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
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| 2025 | The Surrender | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2025 | BULLDOZER | Actor | Dr. Diane Roddy | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Oscar Wilde About America | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | guts | Actor | Gabby | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Our Son | Actor | Maggie "Miggie" | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Dumb Money | Actor | Elaine Gill | 63 Fair |
| 2023 | Heaven, I Suppose | Actor | Cheryl | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Anne Frank Gift Shop | Actor | Ilse | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Breaking | Actor | Tami Stackhouse | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Sandra Day O'Connor: The First | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | The Codebreaker | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | The Vote | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Actor | Ellen Idelson | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | At First Light | Actor | Kate | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Noël Coward's Present Laughter | Actor | Liz Essendine | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Martyrs | Actor | Eleanor | 56 Average |
| 2015 | Identity Theft | Actor | Anna | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Bleeding Heart | Actor | Martha | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Amok | Actor | Dr. Wilson | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Don't Look Back | Actor | Dr. Jeanette Barnes | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Actor | Mrs. Wheeler | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Full Circle | Actor | Vera Quinn | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center | Actor | Mrs. Mullin | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Mariachi Gringo | Actor | Anne | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Actor | Susan | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | 2 Days in New York | Actor | Bella | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Caris' Peace | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Puncture | Actor | Senator O'Reilly | 62 Fair |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Actor | Aron's Mom | 70 Good |
| 2010 | Remember Me | Actor | Janine | 69 Fair |
| 2010 | Consent | Actor | Susan | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Washingtonienne | Actor | Joy | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Spooner | Actor | Alice Spooner | 58 Average |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Actor | Doctor Randall | 56 Average |
| 2008 | Max Payne | Actor | Nicole Horne | 54 Average |
| 2008 | Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi | Actor | Aunt Birdy | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Quid Pro Quo | Actor | Merilee | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Sherrybaby | Actor | Marcia Swanson | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Stay | Actor | Mrs. Letham | 64 Fair |
| 2005 | Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Actor | Cindy Whiting | 67 Fair |
| 2003 | The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer | Actor | Connie Posey | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Obsessed | Actor | Sara Miller | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Swimfan | Actor | Carla Cronin | 56 Average |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Actor | Tracy | 65 Fair |
| 2000 | The Opportunists | Actor | Rest Home Sister | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Ellen Foster | Actor | Abigail Montford | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Actor | Robin's Friend Cheryl | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Actor | Dorothy Franklin | 64 Fair |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Actor | Katherine Donohue | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Actor | Woman in Bed | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | August | Actor | Helen Blathwaite | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Monty | Actor | Fran Richardson | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Love Matters | Actor | Deborah | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Life with Mikey | Actor | Mrs. Burns | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Home Fires | Actor | Anne Kramer | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Actor | Ophelia | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Actor | Margo | 70 Good |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Actor | Vanessa Ogden | 67 Fair |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | Actor | Alice | 59 Average |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Actor | Serving Maid (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| Violent Ends | Actor | N/A N/A |
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