Kate Burton

Born: 1957-09-10, Geneva, Switzerland

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

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• Modern Family (2009)
• FBI (2018)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• The Closer (2005)
• Scandal (2012)
• This Is Us (2016)
• Numb3rs (2005)
• Great Performances (1971)
• Medium (2005)
• Bosch: Legacy (2022)
• Rescue Me (2004)
• Madam Secretary (2014)
• American Experience (1988)
• Veep (2012)
• Key & Peele (2012)
• The Gifted (2017)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• Inventing Anna (2022)
• The Beast in Me (2025)
• Prodigal Son (2019)
• So Help Me Todd (2022)
• The Mosquito Coast (2021)
• Extant (2014)
• 100 Centre Street (2001)
• The Dropout (2022)
• Dumb Money (2023)