Kate Burton

Kate Burton

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.

Oscar Wilde About America
2025
The Surrender
2025
Barbara
guts
2024
Gabby
Our Son
2023
Maggie "Miggie"
Dumb Money
2023
Elaine Gill
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
2023
Ilse
Heaven, I Suppose
2023
Cheryl
Breaking
2022
Tami Stackhouse
The Codebreaker
2021
Narrator (voice)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
Ellen Idelson
At First Light
2018
Kate
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
2017
Liz Essendine
Bleeding Heart
2015
Martha
Martyrs
2015
Eleanor
Amok
2015
Dr. Wilson
Identity Theft
2015
Anna
Barefoot
2014
Mrs. Wheeler
Don't Look Back
2014
Dr. Jeanette Barnes
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center
2013
Mrs. Mullin
Liberal Arts
2012
Susan
2 Days in New York
2012
Bella
Mariachi Gringo
2012
Anne
Puncture
2011
Senator O'Reilly
Caris' Peace
2011
Self
127 Hours
2010
Aron's Mom
Consent
2010
Susan
Remember Me
2010
Janine
Spooner
2009
Alice Spooner
Washingtonienne
2009
Joy
Max Payne
2008
Nicole Horne
What Just Happened
2008
Doctor Randall
Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi
2008
Aunt Birdy
Quid Pro Quo
2008
Merilee
Sherrybaby
2006
Marcia Swanson
Stay
2005
Mrs. Letham
Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea
2005
Narrator (voice)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003
Connie Posey
Three Sisters
2003
Olga
Unfaithful
2002
Tracy
Swimfan
2002
Carla Cronin
Obsessed
2002
Sara Miller
The Opportunists
2000
Rest Home Sister
Celebrity
1998
Robin's Friend Cheryl
Ellen Foster
1998
Abigail Montford
The Ice Storm
1997
Dorothy Franklin
August
1996
Helen Blathwaite
Love Matters
1993
Deborah
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Margo
Mistrial
1996
Katherine Donohue
The First Wives Club
1996
Woman in Bed
Looking for Richard
1996
Self
Life with Mikey
1993
Mrs. Burns
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
1988
Self
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
Ophelia
Alice in Wonderland
1983
Alice
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
Serving Maid (uncredited)
Death on the Brandywine

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