
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.
Awards & recognition
- Theatre World Award · 1983
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 2006 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 2002 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 2002 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Grimm

The West Wing

This Is Us

Grey's Anatomy

Prodigal Son

Bosch: Legacy

FBI

Modern Family

The Closer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Brooklyn Bridge

Key and Peele

The Practice

The Gifted

Elementary

The Good Wife

Rescue Me

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

13 Reasons Why

Veep

Medium

The Dropout

So Help Me Todd

Supergirl

Law & Order

The Beast in Me

Charmed

Scandal

Big Trouble in Little China

Remember Me

127 Hours

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Codebreaker

Madam Secretary

Numb3rs

The Ice Storm

Spenser: For Hire

Looking for Richard

Dumb Money

The Mosquito Coast

Barefoot

Puncture

Unfaithful

The First Wives Club

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Eleventh Hour

Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi

Stay

American Experience

Breaking