Kate Burton

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.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Annette Cole

Grey's Anatomy

2005 • as Ellis Grey

Law & Order

1990 • as Sister Bettina

Law & Order

1990 • as Erica Gardner

Law & Order

1990 • as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner

This Is Us

2016 • as Barbara

Filmography

2025

Oscar Wilde About America

Movie - Released: 1/15/2025

The Surrender

as Barbara

Movie - Released: 3/9/2025

BULLDOZER

as Dr. Diane Roddy

TV - Released: 1/28/2025

2024

guts

as Gabby

Movie - Released: 1/20/2024

2023

Our Son

as Maggie "Miggie"

Movie - Released: 10/14/2023

Dumb Money

as Elaine Gill

Movie - Released: 9/15/2023

The Anne Frank Gift Shop

as Ilse

Movie - Released: 7/25/2023

Heaven, I Suppose

as Cheryl

Movie - Released: 8/5/2023

2022

Breaking

as Tami Stackhouse

Movie - Released: 8/25/2022

Inventing Anna

as Nora Radford

TV - Released: 2/11/2022

Bosch: Legacy

as Ida Porter

TV - Released: 5/5/2022

The Dropout

as Rochelle Gibbons

TV - Released: 3/3/2022

So Help Me Todd

as Joan

TV - Released: 9/29/2022

2021

Movie

Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/13/2021

The Codebreaker

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/11/2021

The Mosquito Coast

as Margot's Mom

TV - Released: 4/30/2021

2020

The Vote

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 7/6/2020

2019

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

as Ellen Idelson

Movie - Released: 8/16/2019

Prodigal Son

as Sarah Windsor

TV - Released: 9/23/2019

Perfect Harmony

as Julie

TV - Released: 9/26/2019

2018

At First Light

as Kate

Movie - Released: 10/5/2018

Charmed

as Celeste

TV - Released: 10/14/2018

FBI

as Evelyn Kates

TV - Released: 9/25/2018

2017

Noël Coward's Present Laughter

as Liz Essendine

Movie - Released: 11/3/2017

The Gifted

as Dr. Madeline Risman

TV - Released: 10/2/2017

13 Reasons Why

as Dr. Hughes

TV - Released: 3/31/2017

2016

This Is Us

as Barbara

TV - Released: 9/20/2016

2015

Bleeding Heart

as Martha

Movie - Released: 4/16/2015

Martyrs

as Eleanor

Movie - Released: 10/9/2015

Amok

as Dr. Wilson

Movie - Released: 1/2/2015

Identity Theft

as Anna

Movie - Released: 6/19/2015

Supergirl

as Isabel Nal (voice)

TV - Released: 10/26/2015

Supergirl

as Isabel Nal

TV - Released: 10/26/2015

2014

Barefoot

as Mrs. Wheeler

Movie - Released: 2/2/2014

Don't Look Back

as Dr. Jeanette Barnes

Movie - Released: 9/1/2014

Extant

as Fiona Stanton

TV - Released: 7/9/2014

Madam Secretary

as Maureen McCord

TV - Released: 9/21/2014

2013

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

as Mrs. Mullin

Movie - Released: 4/26/2013

Full Circle

as Vera Quinn

TV - Released: 10/9/2013

2012

Liberal Arts

as Susan

Movie - Released: 9/14/2012

2 Days in New York

as Bella

Movie - Released: 3/28/2012

Mariachi Gringo

as Anne

Movie - Released: 10/3/2012

Revolution

as Dr. Jane Warren

TV - Released: 9/17/2012

Scandal

as Sally Langston

TV - Released: 4/5/2012

Veep

as Barbara Hallowes

TV - Released: 4/22/2012

Elementary

as Maureen Dannon

TV - Released: 9/27/2012

Key & Peele

as Hillary Clinton

TV - Released: 1/31/2012

2011

Puncture

as Senator O'Reilly

Movie - Released: 9/23/2011

Caris' Peace

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/21/2011

Grimm

as Marie Kessler

TV - Released: 10/28/2011

2010

127 Hours

as Aron's Mom

Movie - Released: 11/12/2010

Consent

as Susan

Movie - Released: 2/19/2010

Remember Me

as Janine

Movie - Released: 3/11/2010

The Deep End

TV - Released: 1/21/2010

2009

Spooner

as Alice Spooner

Movie - Released: 1/18/2009

Washingtonienne

as Joy

Movie - Released: 4/1/2009

The Good Wife

as Victoria Adler

TV - Released: 9/22/2009

Modern Family

as Iris Fennerman

TV - Released: 9/23/2009

2008

Max Payne

as Nicole Horne

Movie - Released: 10/15/2008

What Just Happened

as Doctor Randall

Movie - Released: 10/17/2008

Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi

as Aunt Birdy

Movie - Released: 8/30/2008

Quid Pro Quo

as Merilee

Movie - Released: 6/13/2008

Eleventh Hour

TV - Released: 10/9/2008

2006

Sherrybaby

as Marcia Swanson

Movie - Released: 9/8/2006

Justice

TV - Released: 8/30/2006

2005

Stay

as Mrs. Letham

Movie - Released: 9/24/2005

Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/14/2005

Medium

as Bonnie Barrister

TV - Released: 1/3/2005

Grey's Anatomy

as Ellis Grey

TV - Released: 3/27/2005

Numb3rs

TV - Released: 1/23/2005

The Closer

as Kate Wycoff

TV - Released: 6/13/2005

Empire Falls

as Cindy Whiting

TV - Released: 5/28/2005

2004

Rescue Me

as Rose

TV - Released: 7/21/2004

2003

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

as Connie Posey

Movie - Released: 5/12/2003

Three Sisters

as Olga

Movie - Released: 2/13/2003

2002

Unfaithful

as Tracy

Movie - Released: 5/10/2002

Swimfan

as Carla Cronin

Movie - Released: 9/6/2002

Obsessed

as Sara Miller

Movie - Released: 9/22/2002

Rose Red

as Connie Posey

TV - Released: 1/27/2002

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Stephanie Ufland

TV - Released: 9/30/2001

100 Centre Street

as Sheila Byrne

TV - Released: 1/15/2001

2000

The Opportunists

as Rest Home Sister

Movie - Released: 5/17/2000

1999

Judging Amy

as Dr. Sheri Jordan

TV - Released: 9/19/1999

The West Wing

as Sarah Brainerd

TV - Released: 9/22/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Annette Cole

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Celebrity

as Robin's Friend Cheryl

Movie - Released: 9/7/1998

Ellen Foster

as Abigail Montford

Movie - Released: 12/2/1998

1997

The Ice Storm

as Dorothy Franklin

Movie - Released: 9/27/1997

The Practice

as A.D.A. Susan Alexander

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

1996

August

as Helen Blathwaite

Movie - Released: 8/8/1996

Mistrial

as Katherine Donohue

Movie - Released: 11/2/1996

The First Wives Club

as Woman in Bed

Movie - Released: 9/20/1996

1994

Monty

as Fran Richardson

TV - Released: 1/11/1994

1993

Love Matters

as Deborah

Movie - Released: 10/3/1993

Life with Mikey

as Mrs. Burns

Movie - Released: 6/4/1993

1992

Home Fires

as Anne Kramer

TV - Released: 6/24/1992

1991

Brooklyn Bridge

TV - Released: 9/20/1991

1990

Law & Order

as Sister Bettina

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Law & Order

as Erica Gardner

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Movie

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

as Self

Movie - Released: 6/26/1989

1988

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/20/1988

American Experience

as Narrator

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Ophelia

Movie - Released: 6/14/1987

1986

Big Trouble in Little China

as Margo

Movie - Released: 5/30/1986

1985

Spenser: For Hire

TV - Released: 9/20/1985

1984

Ellis Island

as Vanessa Ogden

TV - Released: 11/11/1984

1983

Alice in Wonderland

as Alice

Movie - Released: 10/3/1983

1971

Great Performances

as Alice

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days

as Serving Maid (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/18/1969

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Abigail

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Unknown

Movie

Violent Ends

Movie