1957Born, Geneva
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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
Grey's AnatomyEllis Grey
127 HoursAron's Mom
13 Reasons WhyDr. Hughes
SupergirlIsabel Nal (voice)
Remember MeJanine2026Death on the BrandywineAnn RileyMovie
2025The SurrenderBarbaraMovie
2025Violent EndsDarlene WoodleyMovie
2025Oscar Wilde About AmericaMovie
2024gutsGabbyMovie
2023Our SonMaggie "Miggie"Movie
2023Dumb MoneyElaine GillMovie
2023Heaven, I SupposeCherylMovie
2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopIlseMovie
2022BreakingTami StackhouseMovie
2021Sandra Day O'Connor: The FirstNarrator (voice)Movie
2021The CodebreakerNarrator (voice)Movie
2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteEllen IdelsonMovie
2018At First LightKateMovie
2017Noël Coward's Present LaughterLiz EssendineMovie
2015MartyrsEleanorMovie
2015Identity TheftAnnaMovie
2015Bleeding HeartMarthaMovie
2015AmokDr. WilsonMovie
2014Don't Look BackDr. Jeanette BarnesMovie
2014BarefootMrs. WheelerMovie
2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterMrs. MullinMovie
2012Mariachi GringoAnneMovie
2012Liberal ArtsSusanMovie
20122 Days in New YorkBellaMovie
2011PunctureSenator O'ReillyMovie
2010127 HoursAron's MomMovie
2010Remember MeJanineMovie
2010ConsentSusanMovie
2009WashingtonienneJoyMovie
2009SpoonerAlice SpoonerMovie
2008What Just HappenedDoctor RandallMovie
2008Max PayneNicole HorneMovie
2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiAunt BirdyMovie
2008Quid Pro QuoMerileeMovie
2006SherrybabyMarcia SwansonMovie
2005StayMrs. LethamMovie
2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaNarrator (voice)Movie
2003The Diary of Ellen RimbauerConnie PoseyMovie
2003Three SistersOlgaMovie
2002ObsessedSara MillerMovie
2002SwimfanCarla CroninMovie
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