Birthday
1957/09/10 (67 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Geneva, Switzerland
Also know as
Katherine Burton, 케이트 버튼
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.
(2002) Unfaithful
as Tracy
(2021) Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
as Narrator (voice)
(2002) Swimfan
as Carla Cronin
(1986) Big Trouble in Little China
as Margo
(2005) Stay
as Mrs. Letham
(2008) Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
(2023) Our Son
as Maggie "Miggie"
(1998) Celebrity
as Robin's Friend Cheryl
(2010) 127 Hours
as Aron's Mom
(2003) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Connie Posey
(2000) The Opportunists
as Rest Home Sister
(1997) The Ice Storm
as Dorothy Franklin
(2008) What Just Happened
as Doctor Randall
(2011) Puncture
as Senator O'Reilly
(2012) Liberal Arts
as Susan
(2012) 2 Days in New York
as Bella
(2009) Spooner
as Alice Spooner
(2002) Obsessed
as Sara Miller
(2023) Dumb Money
as Elaine Gill
(1996) August
as Helen Blathwaite
(2010) Consent
as Susan
(2023) The Anne Frank Gift Shop
as Ilse
(2009) Washingtonienne
as Joy
(2023) Heaven, I Suppose
as Cheryl
(2008) Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
as Aunt Birdy
(2011) Caris' Peace
as Self
(2014) Barefoot
as Mrs. Wheeler
(2022) Breaking
as Tami Stackhouse
(1993) Love Matters
as Deborah
Violent Ends
as ---
(1989) Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
(2024) guts
as Gabby
(2003) Three Sisters
as Olga
(1987) Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Ophelia
(2015) Bleeding Heart
as Martha
(1969) Anne of the Thousand Days
as Serving Maid (uncredited)
(1996) Mistrial
as Katherine Donohue
(1983) Alice in Wonderland
as Alice
(2015) Martyrs
as Eleanor
(2025) Oscar Wilde About America
as ---
(2014) Don't Look Back
as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
(2015) Amok
as Dr. Wilson
(2013) Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
as Mrs. Mullin
The Surrender
as ---
(2008) Quid Pro Quo
as Merilee
(2010) Remember Me
as Janine
(2018) At First Light
as Kate
(2017) Noël Coward's Present Laughter
as Liz Essendine
(1993) Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Burns
(1998) Ellen Foster
as Abigail Montford
(2006) Sherrybaby
as Marcia Swanson
(2005) Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
as Narrator (voice)
(2019) Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Ellen Idelson
(1996) The First Wives Club
as Woman in Bed
(2015) Identity Theft
as Anna
(1988) In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
as Self
(2021) The Codebreaker
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Mariachi Gringo
as Anne
(2005) Medium
as Bonnie Barrister
(1990) Law & Order
as Sister Bettina
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Ellis Grey
(2005) Numb3rs
as ---
(1985) Spenser: For Hire
as ---
(2006) Justice
as ---
(1999) Judging Amy
as Dr. Sheri Jordan
(1988) American Experience
as Narrator
(2019) Prodigal Son
as Sarah Windsor
(1997) The Practice
as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
(2004) Rescue Me
as Rose
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Abigail
(2008) Eleventh Hour
as ---
(2018) Charmed
as Celeste
(2015) Supergirl
as Isabel Nal (voice)
(2021) The Mosquito Coast
as Margot's Mom
(1994) Monty
as Fran Richardson
(2014) Extant
as Fiona Stanton
(1991) Brooklyn Bridge
as ---
(1992) Home Fires
as Anne Kramer
(2010) The Deep End
as ---
(2012) Revolution
as Dr. Jane Warren
(2022) Inventing Anna
as Nora Radford
(2013) Full Circle
as Vera Quinn
(2005) The Closer
as Kate Wycoff
(1999) The West Wing
as Sarah Brainerd
(1990) Law & Order
as Erica Gardner
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Annette Cole
(2009) The Good Wife
as Victoria Adler
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1984) Ellis Island
as Vanessa Ogden
(2005) Empire Falls
as Cindy Whiting
(2016) This Is Us
as Barbara
(2022) Bosch: Legacy
as Ida Porter
(2012) Scandal
as Sally Langston
(2011) Grimm
as Marie Kessler
(1990) Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
(2017) The Gifted
as Dr. Madeline Risman
(2015) Supergirl
as Isabel Nal
(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Stephanie Ufland
(2022) The Dropout
as Rochelle Gibbons
(2020) The Vote
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Veep
as Barbara Hallowes
(2012) Elementary
as Maureen Dannon
(2009) Modern Family
as Iris Fennerman
(2022) So Help Me Todd
as Joan
(2019) Perfect Harmony
as Julie
(2017) 13 Reasons Why
as Dr. Hughes
(2018) FBI
as Evelyn Kates
(2001) 100 Centre Street
as Sheila Byrne
(1971) Great Performances
as Alice
(2002) Rose Red
as Connie Posey
(2012) Key & Peele
as Hillary Clinton
(2025) BULLDOZER
as Dr. Diane Roddy