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.

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 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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Annette Cole

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Bethany Allen

Law & Order

Sister Bettina

Law & Order

Erica Gardner

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Erica Gardner

Grey's Anatomy

Ellis Grey

Modern Family

Iris Fennerman

FBI

Evelyn Kates

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Stephanie Ufland

The Good Wife

Victoria Adler

Grimm

Marie Kessler

Elementary

Maureen Dannon