Kate Burton
Known for: Acting
Born: September 10, 1957
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
63 movies · 55 TV shows, newest first
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Death on the Brandywine
2026
7.1
The Beast in Me
2025
5.9
The Surrender
2025
6.2
Violent Ends
2025NR
BULLDOZER
2025
NR
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
7.2
guts
2024
6.3
Our Son
2023
6.7
Dumb Money
2023
NR
Heaven, I Suppose
2023
NR
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
2023
7.3
So Help Me Todd
2022
6.5
Breaking
2022
8.0
Bosch: Legacy
2022
7.3
The Dropout
2022
6.8
Inventing Anna
2022
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Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
2021
6.7
The Mosquito Coast
2021
7.0
The Codebreaker
2021
8.0
The Vote
2020
6.1
Perfect Harmony
2019
8.1
Prodigal Son
2019
6.6
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
7.2
Charmed
2018
5.7
At First Light
2018
7.9
FBI
2018
6.4
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017
7.6
The Gifted
2017
7.5
13 Reasons Why
2017
8.2
This Is Us
2016
7.3
Supergirl
2015
5.1
Martyrs
2015
6.0
Identity Theft
2015
5.0
Bleeding Heart
2015
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Amok
2015
7.0
Madam Secretary
2014
5.4
Don't Look Back
2014
6.3
Extant
2014
6.7
Barefoot
2014
6.2
Full Circle
2013
7.3
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
6.5
Mariachi Gringo
2012
7.6
Elementary
2012
6.4
Revolution
2012
6.5
Liberal Arts
2012
7.5
Veep
2012
7.2
Scandal
2012
5.6
2 Days in New York
2012
7.7
Key & Peele
2012
8.3
Grimm
2011
5.0
Caris' Peace
2011
6.7
Puncture
2011
7.1
127 Hours
2010
7.1
Remember Me
2010
5.1
Consent
2010
6.0
The Deep End
2010
7.9
Modern Family
2009
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
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Washingtonienne
2009
5.5
Spooner
2009
5.4
What Just Happened
2008
5.4
Max Payne
2008
6.6
Eleventh Hour
2008
6.6
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008
5.3
Quid Pro Quo
2008
6.1
Sherrybaby
2006
7.0
Justice
2006
6.6
Stay
2005
6.0
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
7.8
The Closer
2005
6.6
Empire Falls
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
7.5
Rescue Me
2004
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Working Shakespeare
2003
5.4
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003
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Three Sisters
2003
5.2
Obsessed
2002
5.3
Swimfan
2002
6.7
Unfaithful
2002
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
8.2
100 Centre Street
2001
5.7
The Opportunists
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
6.0
Celebrity
1998
6.1
Ellen Foster
1997
6.9
The Ice Storm
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.3
Mistrial
1996
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
6.7
The First Wives Club
1996
4.3
August
1996NR
Notes for My Daughter
1995
7.0
Monty
1994
4.0
Love Matters
1993
5.7
Life with Mikey
19938.0
Home Fires
1992
7.8
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990NR
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.0
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
7.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
7.2
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
6.9
Spenser: For Hire
1985
5.7
Evergreen
1985
5.1
Ellis Island
1984
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
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Tony Awards
1956
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951NR
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
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A Great Depression
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