Kate Burton
Acting
Born 1957-09-10 · Geneva, Switzerland
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
Unfaithful
2002 · Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Movie
127 Hours
2010 · Movie
Remember Me
2010 · Movie
Dumb Money
2023 · Movie
The First Wives Club
1996 · Movie
The Ice Storm
1997 · Movie
Barefoot
2014 · Movie
Stay
2005 · Movie
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · Movie
Looking for Richard
1996 · Movie
Max Payne
2008 · Movie
Liberal Arts
2012 · Movie
Celebrity
1998 · Movie
Puncture
2011 · Movie
The Surrender
2025 · Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Movie
Breaking
2022 · Movie
Sherrybaby
2006 · Movie
Ellen Foster
1997 · Movie
Our Son
2023 · Movie
Swimfan
2002 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 · Movie
What Just Happened
2008 · Movie
Martyrs
2015 · Movie
Life with Mikey
1993 · Movie
Mariachi Gringo
2012 · Movie
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013 · Movie
At First Light
2018 · Movie
2 Days in New York
2012 · Movie
Violent Ends
2025 · Movie
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008 · Movie
Mistrial
1996 · Movie
Quid Pro Quo
2008 · Movie
The Opportunists
2000 · Movie
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017 · Movie
Spooner
2009 · Movie
The Codebreaker
2021 · Movie
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988 · Movie
Bleeding Heart
2015 · Movie
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003 · Movie
Don't Look Back
2014 · Movie
Obsessed
2002 · Movie
Consent
2010 · Movie
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005 · Movie
guts
2024 · Movie
Caris' Peace
2011 · Movie
August
1996 · Movie
Love Matters
1993 · Movie
Three Sisters
2003 · Movie
Washingtonienne
2009 · Movie
Amok
2015 · Movie
Oscar Wilde About America
2025 · Movie
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
2023 · Movie
Heaven, I Suppose
2023 · Movie
Identity Theft
2015 · Movie
Death on the Brandywine
— · Movie
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
2021 · Movie