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.
Acting
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Ellis Grey
2005
Movie
127 Hours
as Aron's Mom
2010
TV
13 Reasons Why
as Dr. Hughes
2017
TV
Supergirl
as Isabel Nal (voice)
2015
TV
Supergirl
as Isabel Nal
2015
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Annette Cole
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Bethany Allen
1999
Movie
Remember Me
as Janine
2010
TV
Grimm
as Marie Kessler
2011
TV
Modern Family
as Iris Fennerman
2009
Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
as Margo
1986
Movie
Max Payne
as Nicole Horne
2008
TV
Elementary
as Maureen Dannon
2012
Movie
Unfaithful
as Tracy
2002
TV
This Is Us
as Barbara
2016
TV
The Gifted
as Dr. Madeline Risman
2017
Movie
Stay
as Mrs. Letham
2005
TV
FBI
as Evelyn Kates
2018
Movie
The First Wives Club
as Woman in Bed
1996
Movie
Dumb Money
as Elaine Gill
2023
Movie
The Ice Storm
as Dorothy Franklin
1997
Movie
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Ellen Idelson
2019
Movie
Barefoot
as Mrs. Wheeler
2014
TV
Law & Order
as Sister Bettina
1990