Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Acting

Born September 10, 1957 · Geneva, Switzerland

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 F…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

FBI

FBI

2018

Acting(117)

2025The Beast in MeMariah Ingram

2025The SurrenderBarbara

2025Violent EndsDarlene Woodley

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2025BULLDOZERDr. Diane Roddy

2025Oscar Wilde About America

2023Our SonMaggie "Miggie"

2023Dumb MoneyElaine Gill

2023Heaven, I SupposeCheryl

2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopIlse

2022So Help Me ToddJoan

2022BreakingTami Stackhouse

2022Bosch: LegacyIda Porter

2022The DropoutRochelle Gibbons

2022Inventing AnnaNora Radford

2021Sandra Day O'Connor: The FirstNarrator (voice)

2021The Mosquito CoastMargot's Mom

2021The CodebreakerNarrator (voice)

2020The VoteNarrator (voice)

2019Perfect HarmonyJulie

2019Prodigal SonSarah Windsor

2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteEllen Idelson

2018CharmedCeleste

2018At First LightKate

2018FBIEvelyn Kates

2017Noël Coward's Present LaughterLiz Essendine

2017The GiftedDr. Madeline Risman

201713 Reasons WhyDr. Hughes

2016This Is UsBarbara

2015SupergirlIsabel Nal (voice)

2015MartyrsEleanor

2015Identity TheftAnna

2015Bleeding HeartMartha

2015AmokDr. Wilson

2014Madam SecretaryMaureen McCord

2014Don't Look BackDr. Jeanette Barnes

2014ExtantFiona Stanton

2014BarefootMrs. Wheeler

2013Full CircleVera Quinn

2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterMrs. Mullin

2012Mariachi GringoAnne

2012ElementaryMaureen Dannon

2012RevolutionJane Warren

2012Liberal ArtsSusan

2012VeepBarbara Hallowes

2012ScandalSally Langston

20122 Days in New YorkBella

2012Key & PeeleHillary Clinton

2011GrimmMarie Kessler

2011Caris' PeaceSelf

2011PunctureSenator O'Reilly

2010127 HoursAron's Mom

2010Remember MeJanine

2010ConsentSusan

2010The Deep EndGrace Graham

2009Modern FamilyIris Fennerman

2009The Good WifeVictoria Adler

2009WashingtonienneJoy

2009SpoonerAlice Spooner

2008What Just HappenedDoctor Randall

2008Max PayneNicole Horne

2008Eleventh HourGepetto / Miranda Cochran

2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiAunt Birdy

2008Quid Pro QuoMerilee

2006SherrybabyMarcia Swanson

2005StayMrs. Letham

2005Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the SeaNarrator (voice)

2005The CloserKate Wycoff

2005Empire FallsCindy Whiting

2005Grey's AnatomyEllis Grey

2005Numb3rsAnthropologist

2005MediumBonnie Barrister

2004Rescue MeRose

2003Working Shakespeare

2003The Diary of Ellen RimbauerConnie Posey

2003Three SistersOlga

2002ObsessedSara Miller

2002SwimfanCarla Cronin

2002UnfaithfulTracy

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentStephanie Ufland

2001100 Centre StreetSheila Byrne

2000The OpportunistsRest Home Sister

1999The West WingSarah Brainerd

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAnnette Cole

1999Judging AmyDr. Sheri Jordan

1998CelebrityRobin's Friend Cheryl

1997Ellen FosterAbigail Montford

1997The Ice StormDorothy Franklin

1997The PracticeA.D.A. Susan Alexander

1996MistrialKatherine Donohue

1996Looking for RichardSelf

1996The First Wives ClubWoman in Bed

1996AugustHelen Blathwaite

1995Notes for My DaughterBrenda Gardner

1994MontyFran Richardson

1993Love MattersDeborah

1993Life with MikeyMrs. Burns

1992Home FiresAnne Kramer

1991Brooklyn Bridge

1990Law & OrderSister Bettina

1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf

1988American ExperienceNarrator

1988In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard BurtonSelf

1987Uncle Tom's CabinOphelia

1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaMargo

1985Spenser: For Hire

1985EvergreenAgatha Bradford

1984Ellis IslandVanessa Ogden

1983Alice in WonderlandAlice

1982American PlayhouseAgnes Bolton O'Neill

1971Great PerformancesAlice

1969Anne of the Thousand DaysServing Maid (uncredited)

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee

1951Hallmark Hall of FameAbigail

Death on the BrandywineAnn Riley

RSC Meets USA: Working ShakespeareSelf