Kate Burton: movies and TV shows
Kate Burton has 121 credits in the archive: 62 films and 59 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 2012 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Beast in Me | Mariah Ingram | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2025 | The Surrender | Barbara | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2025 | Violent Ends | Darlene Woodley | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2025 | BULLDOZER | Dr. Diane Roddy | TV | — | 67 |
| 2025 | Oscar Wilde About America | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2024 | guts | Gabby | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2023 | Dumb Money | Elaine Gill | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2023 | Our Son | Maggie "Miggie" | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2023 | Heaven, I Suppose | Cheryl | Film | — | 65 |
| 2023 | The Anne Frank Gift Shop | Ilse | Film | — | 65 |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy | Ida Porter | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2022 | So Help Me Todd | Joan | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2022 | The Dropout | Rochelle Gibbons | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2022 | Inventing Anna | Nora Radford | TV | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2022 | Breaking | Tami Stackhouse | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2021 | The Mosquito Coast | Margot's Mom | TV | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2021 | The Codebreaker | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2021 | Sandra Day O'Connor: The First | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2020 | The Vote | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2019 | Prodigal Son | Sarah Windsor | TV | 8.1 | 61 |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Ellen Idelson | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2019 | Perfect Harmony | Julie | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2018 | FBI | Evelyn Kates | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2018 | Charmed | Celeste | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2018 | At First Light | Kate | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2017 | 13 Reasons Why | Dr. Hughes | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2017 | The Gifted | Dr. Madeline Risman | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2017 | Noël Coward's Present Laughter | Liz Essendine | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Barbara | TV | 8.2 | 58 |
| 2015 | Supergirl | Isabel Nal (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2015 | Supergirl | Isabel Nal | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2015 | Martyrs | Eleanor | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 2015 | Identity Theft | Anna | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2015 | Bleeding Heart | Martha | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2015 | Amok | Dr. Wilson | Film | — | 57 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Maureen McCord | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2014 | Extant | Fiona Stanton | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Mrs. Wheeler | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2014 | Don't Look Back | Dr. Jeanette Barnes | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 2013 | Full Circle | Vera Quinn | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2013 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center | Mrs. Mullin | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Maureen Dannon | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Sally Langston | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 2012 | Veep | Barbara Hallowes | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Hillary Clinton | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2012 | Revolution | Jane Warren | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts | Susan | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2012 | 2 Days in New York | Bella | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 2012 | Mariachi Gringo | Anne | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2011 | Grimm | Marie Kessler | TV | 8.3 | 53 |
| 2011 | Puncture | Senator O'Reilly | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2011 | Caris' Peace | Self | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Aron's Mom | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2010 | Remember Me | Janine | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2010 | The Deep End | Grace Graham | TV | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2010 | Consent | Susan | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Iris Fennerman | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Victoria Adler | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2009 | Spooner | Alice Spooner | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2009 | Washingtonienne | Joy | Film | — | 51 |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Gepetto / Miranda Cochran | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2008 | Max Payne | Nicole Horne | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Doctor Randall | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 2008 | Quid Pro Quo | Merilee | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 2008 | Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi | Aunt Birdy | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2006 | Justice | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 2006 | Sherrybaby | Marcia Swanson | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Ellis Grey | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Kate Wycoff | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 2005 | Medium | Bonnie Barrister | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Anthropologist | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2005 | Stay | Mrs. Letham | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Cindy Whiting | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2005 | Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Rose | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2003 | Working Shakespeare | TV | — | 45 | |
| 2003 | The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer | Connie Posey | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 2003 | Three Sisters | Olga | Film | — | 45 |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Tracy | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2002 | Swimfan | Carla Cronin | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 2002 | Obsessed | Sara Miller | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stephanie Ufland | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | Sheila Byrne | TV | 8.2 | 43 |
| 2000 | The Opportunists | Rest Home Sister | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Annette Cole | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Bethany Allen | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Sarah Brainerd | TV | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Dr. Sheri Jordan | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Robin's Friend Cheryl | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1997 | The Practice | A.D.A. Susan Alexander | TV | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Dorothy Franklin | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1997 | Ellen Foster | Abigail Montford | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Woman in Bed | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1996 | August | Helen Blathwaite | Film | 4.3 | 38 |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Katherine Donohue | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1995 | Notes for My Daughter | Brenda Gardner | Film | — | 37 |
| 1994 | Monty | Fran Richardson | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1993 | Life with Mikey | Mrs. Burns | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1993 | Love Matters | Deborah | Film | 4.0 | 35 |
| 1992 | Home Fires | Anne Kramer | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | TV | 7.8 | 33 | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Sister Bettina | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Erica Gardner | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Erica Gardner | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | Film | — | 31 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator | TV | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1988 | In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Ophelia | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Margo | Film | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | TV | 6.9 | 27 | |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Agatha Bradford | TV | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Vanessa Ogden | TV | 5.1 | 26 |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | Alice | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Agnes Bolton O'Neill | TV | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Alice | TV | 6.1 | 13 |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Serving Maid (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 11 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 1 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Abigail | TV | 8.8 | 6 |
| Death on the Brandywine | Ann Riley | Film | — | — | |
| RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare | Self | Film | — | — |