Kate Burton
Acting
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
2025Violent Ends
Darlene Woodley
2025Oscar Wilde About America
2025The Surrender
Barbara
2024guts
Gabby
2023Our Son
Maggie "Miggie"
2023Dumb Money
Elaine Gill
2023The Anne Frank Gift Shop
Ilse
2023Heaven, I Suppose
Cheryl
2022Breaking
Tami Stackhouse
2021Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
Narrator (voice)
2021The Codebreaker
Narrator (voice)
2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Ellen Idelson
2018At First Light
Kate
2017Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
2015Bleeding Heart
Martha
2015Martyrs
Eleanor
2015Amok
Dr. Wilson
2015Identity Theft
Anna
2014Barefoot
Mrs. Wheeler
2014Don't Look Back
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
Mrs. Mullin
2012Liberal Arts
Susan
20122 Days in New York
Bella
2012Mariachi Gringo
Anne