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
Grimm
2011 · TV
This Is Us
2016 · TV
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV
The West Wing
1999 · TV
Prodigal Son
2019 · TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
Modern Family
2009 · TV
FBI
2018 · TV
Bosch: Legacy
2022 · TV
The Closer
2005 · TV
Elementary
2012 · TV
Key & Peele
2012 · TV
The Good Wife
2009 · TV
The Gifted
2017 · TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV
The Practice
1997 · TV
13 Reasons Why
2017 · TV
Rescue Me
2004 · TV
Veep
2012 · TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
Medium
2005 · TV
Judging Amy
1999 · TV
100 Centre Street
2001 · TV
The Dropout
2022 · TV
Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · TV
So Help Me Todd
2022 · TV
Law & Order
1990 · TV
Supergirl
2015 · TV
The Vote
2020 · TV
Tony Awards
1956 · TV
Working Shakespeare
2003 · TV
Monty
1994 · TV
Justice
2006 · TV
Charmed
2018 · TV
Scandal
2012 · TV
Full Circle
2013 · TV
Evergreen
1985 · TV
American Playhouse
1982 · TV
The Beast in Me
2025 · TV
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · TV
The Deep End
2010 · TV
Numb3rs
2005 · TV
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV
Perfect Harmony
2019 · TV
Eleventh Hour
2008 · TV
Ellis Island
1984 · TV
American Experience
1988 · TV
Inventing Anna
2022 · TV
Great Performances
1971 · TV
Empire Falls
2005 · TV
The Mosquito Coast
2021 · TV
Revolution
2012 · TV
Extant
2014 · TV