Biography
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.
Filmography
all 107
Movies 60
TV Shows 47
self 4
Narrator 3
Voice 2
Sara Bernhardt
![Oscar Wild About America](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1098871-oscar-wild-about-america.jpg)
Oscar Wild About America (2025)
Movie
Gabby
![guts](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1015413-guts.jpg)
guts (2024)
Movie
Maggie 'Miggie'
![Our Son](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/743997-our-son.jpg)
Our Son (2023)
Movie
Elaine Gill
![Dumb Money](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/506144-the-antisocial-network.jpg)
Dumb Money (2023)
Movie
7
Tami Stackhouse
![Breaking](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/520597-892.jpg)
Breaking (2022)
Movie
Ida Porter
![Bosch: Legacy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/685418-bosch-legacy.jpg)
Bosch: Legacy (2022)
TV
Rochelle Gibbons
![The Dropout](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/534581-the-dropout.jpg)
The Dropout (2022)
TV
9
Nora Radford
![Inventing Anna](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/470333-inventing-anna.jpg)
Inventing Anna (2022)
TV
7
Margot's Mom
![The Mosquito Coast](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/496504-the-mosquito-coast.jpg)
The Mosquito Coast (2021)
TV
Narrator
![The Codebreaker](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/493615-the-codebreaker.jpg)
The Codebreaker (2021)
Movie
Therapist #1
![Before/During/After](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/507117-before-during-after.jpg)
Before/During/After (2020)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
![The Vote](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/779378-the-vote.jpg)
The Vote (2020)
TV
Sarah Windsor
![Prodigal Son](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/292792-prodigal-son.jpg)
Prodigal Son (2019)
TV
5
Ellen Idelson
![Where'd You Go, Bernadette](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/217174-where-d-you-go-bernadette.jpg)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
Movie
7
Celeste
![Charmed](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/75773-charmed.jpg)
Charmed (2018)
TV
7.2
Liz Essendine
![Noël Coward's Present Laughter](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/33994-noel-coward-s-present-laughter.jpg)
Noël Coward's Present Laughter (2017)
Movie
Dr. Madeline Risman
![The Gifted](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/17435-the-gifted.jpg)
The Gifted (2017)
TV
6.24
Lady Lucretia Payne
![Matter & Manner](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/312504-matter-manner.jpg)
Matter & Manner (2017)
Movie
Dr. Hughes
![13 Reasons Why](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6978-13-reasons-why.jpg)
13 Reasons Why (2017)
TV
6.4
Barbara
![This Is Us](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5615-this-is-us.jpg)
This Is Us (2016)
TV
7.46
Isabel Nal / Isabel Nal (voice)
![Supergirl](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16968-supergirl.jpg)
Supergirl (2015)
TV
6.36
Eleanor
![Martyrs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15916-martyrs.jpg)
Martyrs (2015)
Movie
4
Dr. Wilson
![Amok](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56455-amok.jpg)
Amok (2015)
Movie
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
![Don't Look Back](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/100656-don-t-look-back.jpg)
Don't Look Back (2014)
Movie
Fiona Stanton
![Extant](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/35766-extant.jpg)
Extant (2014)
TV
6.02
Mrs. Wheeler
![Barefoot](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/30256-barefoot.jpg)
Barefoot (2014)
Movie
Vera Quinn
![Full Circle](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47426-full-circle.jpg)
Full Circle (2013)
TV
Maureen Dannon
![Elementary](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6393-elementary.jpg)
Elementary (2012)
TV
6.71
Dr. Jane Warren
![Revolution](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/51386-revolution.jpg)
Revolution (2012)
TV
7.11
Barbara Hallowes
![Veep](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/58511-veep.jpg)
Veep (2012)
TV
7
Sally Langston
![Scandal](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/22667-scandal.jpg)
Scandal (2012)
TV
5.85
Marie Kessler
![Grimm](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20939-grimm.jpg)
Grimm (2011)
TV
6.6
Senator O'Reilly
![Puncture](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/16827-puncture.jpg)
Puncture (2011)
Movie
8.5
Aron's Mom
![127 Hours](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8548-127-hours.jpg)
127 Hours (2010)
Movie
6.64
Susan
![Consent](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/62692-consent.jpg)
Consent (2010)
Movie
Iris Fennerman
![Modern Family](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/21248-modern-family.jpg)
Modern Family (2009)
TV
7.11
Victoria Adler
![The Good Wife](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/19324-the-good-wife.jpg)
The Good Wife (2009)
TV
6.01
Alice Spooner
![Spooner](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36546-spooner.jpg)
Spooner (2009)
Movie
Doctor Randall
![What Just Happened](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28999-what-just-happened.jpg)
What Just Happened (2008)
Movie
Nicole Horne
![Max Payne](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14100-max-payne.jpg)
Max Payne (2008)
Movie
2.5
Merilee
![Quid Pro Quo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/31930-quid-pro-quo.jpg)
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
Movie
Actress
![Supreme Courtships](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Supreme Courtships (2007)
TV
Marcia Swanson
![Sherrybaby](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/38987-sherrybaby.jpg)
Sherrybaby (2006)
Movie
Mrs. Letham
![Stay](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24129-stay.jpg)
Stay (2005)
Movie
4
Voice of Novels
![Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/241004-ernest-hemingway-rivers-to-the-sea.jpg)
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea (2005)
Movie
Kate Wycoff
![The Closer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/34077-the-closer.jpg)
The Closer (2005)
TV
7.25
Cindy Whiting
![Empire Falls](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28832-empire-falls.jpg)
Empire Falls (2005)
TV
6
Ellis Grey
![Grey's Anatomy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/13010-grey-s-anatomy.jpg)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV
7.16
Bonnie Barrister
![Medium](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/26992-medium.jpg)
Medium (2005)
TV
6.18
Connie Posey
![The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/35329-the-diary-of-ellen-rimbauer.jpg)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)
Movie
6
Sara Miller
![Obsessed](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/55407-obsessed.jpg)
Obsessed (2002)
Movie
Carla Cronin
![Swimfan](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/52548-swimfan.jpg)
Swimfan (2002)
Movie
Stephanie Ufland
![Law & Order: Criminal Intent](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/19429-law-order-criminal-intent.jpg)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
TV
7.5
Rest Home Sister
![The Opportunists](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/31945-the-opportunists.jpg)
The Opportunists (2000)
Movie
Sarah Brainerd
![The West Wing](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14765-the-west-wing.jpg)
The West Wing (1999)
TV
5.66
Annette Cole
![Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/23565-law-order-special-victims-unit.jpg)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.41
Dr. Sheri Jordan
![Judging Amy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24900-judging-amy.jpg)
Judging Amy (1999)
TV
4.5
Abigail Montford
![Ellen Foster](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/76218-ellen-foster.jpg)
Ellen Foster (1998)
Movie
Robin's Friend Cheryl
![Celebrity](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11917-celebrity.jpg)
Celebrity (1998)
Movie
2
A.D.A. Susan Alexander
![The Practice](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24893-the-practice.jpg)
The Practice (1997)
TV
Dorothy Franklin
![The Ice Storm](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/12515-the-ice-storm.jpg)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Movie
5.67
Katherine Donohue
![Mistrial](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/32882-mistrial.jpg)
Mistrial (1996)
Movie
Woman in Bed
![The First Wives Club](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15805-the-first-wives-club.jpg)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Movie
6.55
Helen Blathwaite
![August](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/31573-august.jpg)
August (1996)
Movie
Fran Richardson
![Monty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Monty (1994)
TV
Deborah
![Love Matters](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/29103-love-matters.jpg)
Love Matters (1993)
Movie
Mrs. Burns
![Life with Mikey](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/14146-life-with-mikey.jpg)
Life with Mikey (1993)
Movie
10
Anne Kramer
![Home Fires](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Home Fires (1992)
TV
Defense Attorney Erica Gardner / Sister Bettina / Erica Gardner
![Law & Order](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24896-law-order.jpg)
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Narrator
![American Experience](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9601-american-experience.jpg)
American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Vanessa Ogden
![Ellis Island](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/28109-ellis-island.jpg)
Ellis Island (1984)
TV
Serving Maid (uncredited)
![Anne of the Thousand Days](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/66437-anne-of-the-thousand-days.jpg)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Movie
6
Self - Nominee
![Tony Awards](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/188950-tony-awards.jpg)
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Ratings
Average 6.25
Based on 4.27 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1999
2009
2003
2024
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1957-09-10 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceGeneva, Switzerland
Height
SpouseMichael Ritchie
ChildrenCharlotte Ritchie, Morgan Ritchie
FatherRichard Burton
MotherSybil Christopher
SiblingsJessica Burton, Liza Todd, Liza Todd Burton, Maria Burton
RelativesMichael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsKatherine Burton, 케이트 버튼
AwardsTheatre World Award, Daytime Emmy Award
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