
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

Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV

Scandal
2012 · TV

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV

Full Circle
2013 · TV

The Practice
1997 · TV

Monty
1994 · TV

Law & Order
1990 · TV

Rescue Me
2004 · TV

Extant
2014 · TV

The Good Wife
2009 · TV

Bosch: Legacy
2022 · TV

Grimm
2011 · TV

Veep
2012 · TV

FBI
2018 · TV

Modern Family
2009 · TV

The Dropout
2022 · TV

This Is Us
2016 · TV

Working Shakespeare
2003 · TV

Numb3rs
2005 · TV

Inventing Anna
2022 · TV

American Experience
1988 · TV

The Gifted
2017 · TV

Ellis Island
1984 · TV

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV

The West Wing
1999 · TV

Elementary
2012 · TV

The Closer
2005 · TV

The Beast in Me
2025 · TV

Medium
2005 · TV

The Vote
2020 · TV

Supergirl
2015 · TV

Empire Falls
2005 · TV

Judging Amy
1999 · TV

Great Performances
1971 · TV

13 Reasons Why
2017 · TV

Madam Secretary
2014 · TV

Key & Peele
2012 · TV

Prodigal Son
2019 · TV

Charmed
2018 · TV

100 Centre Street
2001 · TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV

So Help Me Todd
2022 · TV

Spenser: For Hire
1985 · TV

Eleventh Hour
2008 · TV

Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · TV

Revolution
2012 · TV

The Mosquito Coast
2021 · TV

Justice
2006 · TV

The Deep End
2010 · TV

Perfect Harmony
2019 · TV

Evergreen
1985 · TV

Tony Awards
1956 · TV