Kate Burton

Kate Burton

66 · Born: Sep 10, 1957

Known For

Big Trouble in Little China Big Trouble in Little China
Unfaithful Unfaithful
What Just Happened What Just Happened
The Ice Storm The Ice Storm
127 Hours 127 Hours
Remember Me Remember Me

Personal Details

Born Sep 10, 1957 Geneva, Switzerland
Parents
  • Richard Burton
  • Sybil Williams

Biography

Kate Burton is a Swiss-born Welsh-American stage and screen actress. 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.

Career

2024
guts
guts as Gabby
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2023
Our Son
Our Son
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The Anne Frank Gift Shop
The Anne Frank Gift Shop as Ilse
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Heaven, I Suppose
Heaven, I Suppose as Cheryl
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2022
The Dropout
The Dropout as Rochelle Gibbons
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Bosch: Legacy
Bosch: Legacy as Ida Porter
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2021
American Experience
American Experience as narrator
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The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast as Margot's Mom
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Charmed
Charmed as Celeste
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American Experience
American Experience as Narrator
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2020
Before/During/After
Before/During/After as Therapist #1
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2018
First Light
First Light as Kate
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Supergirl
Supergirl as Isabel Nal
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2017
Great Performances
Great Performances as Liz Essendine
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Modern Family
Modern Family as Iris Fennerman
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2016
Martyrs
Martyrs as Eleanor
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2015
Amok
Amok as Dr. Wilson
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Bleeding Heart
Bleeding Heart as Martha
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Extant
Extant as Fiona Stanton
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2014
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back as Dr. Jeanette Barnes
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Barefoot
Barefoot as Mrs. Wheeler
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2013
Live from Lincoln Center
Live from Lincoln Center as Mrs. Mullin
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Full Circle
Full Circle as Vera Quinn
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2012
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts as Susan
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Two Days in New York
Two Days in New York as Bella
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Mariachi Gringo
Mariachi Gringo as Anne
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Scandal
Scandal as Sally Langston
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Veep
Veep as Barbara Hallowes
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Revolution
Revolution as Dr. Jane Warren
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2011
Puncture
Puncture as Senator O'Reilly
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Grimm
Grimm as Marie Kessler
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2010
Consent
Consent as Susan
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127 Hours
127 Hours as Aron's Mom
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Remember Me
Remember Me as Janine
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Annette Cole
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2009
Spooner
Spooner as Alice Spooner
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Washingtonienne
Washingtonienne as Joy
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The Good Wife
The Good Wife as Victoria Adler
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2008
Max Payne
Max Payne as Nicole Horne
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Adventures in Appletown
Adventures in Appletown as Aunt Birdy
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Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour
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Medium
Medium as Bonnie Barrister
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2007
Lovely by Surprise
Lovely by Surprise as Helen
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2006
Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby as Marcia Swanson
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2005
American Masters
American Masters as Narrator
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Stay
Stay as Mrs. Letham
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Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey
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Numb3rs
Numb3rs
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Empire Falls
Empire Falls as Cindy Whiting
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Rescue Me
Rescue Me as Rose
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2003
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer as Connie Posey
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2002
Unfaithful
Unfaithful as Tracy
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National Geographic: The Incredible Human Body
National Geographic: The Incredible Human Body as Narrator
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Obsessed
Obsessed as Sara Miller
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Swimfan
Swimfan as Carla Cronin
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2000
The Opportunists
The Opportunists as Rest Home Sister
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1997
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster as Abigail Montford
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The Practice
The Practice as A.D.A. Susan Alexander
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1996
August
August as Helen Blathwaite
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Mistrial
Mistrial as Katherine Donohue
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1993
Love Matters
Love Matters as Deborah
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1991
Law & Order
Law & Order as Sister Bettina
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1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin as Ophelia
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1986
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China as Margo
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1984
Ellis Island
Ellis Island as Vanessa Ogden
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1983
Great Performances
Great Performances as Alice
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2011
Caris' Peace
Caris' Peace
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1988
Great Performances
Great Performances
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