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Kate Burton (Brown BA European History and Russian Studies, Yale MFA in Acting) is an actor and director, and a full Professor of Theater Practice in Acting at the University of Southern California in The School of Dramatic Arts. A professional actor since 1982, she has performed in all mediums of film and television which includes voice overs, audio books and documentary narration. Her most notable work on television is on "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal," "Inventing Anna," "The Dropout," "Empire Falls," "Law and Order," "Rescue Me," and "Homeland" among many others. Her film work includes Big Trouble in Little China, The Ice Storm, Unfaithful, 127 Hours, Our Son, and Dumb Money. She has been nominated for three Emmys for her work on "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Scandal" and won an Emmy for "Notes for my Daughter."

Her theater work includes 14 Broadway shows and many off- Broadway (Roundabout Theater Company, The Public and Lincoln Center Theater) and regional performances (LA, Boston, Sag Harbor, Williamstown, Ireland and London’s West End). She has been nominated for three Tony Awards for her work in Hedda Gabler, The Elephant Man and The Constant Wife. A director of multiple USC MFA productions by Chekhov, Gorky and Shakespeare, Kate has directed three iterations of Shakespeare and Tchaikovsky for the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel featuring Matthew Rhys, Orlando Bloom, Anika Noni Rose, Malcolm Macdowell, Joe Morton, Ioan Gruffudd, Condola Rashad and Asia Kate Dillon. Kate has conducted master classes at Brown MFA and BA, USC MFA, Yale School of Drama MFA, Fordham and The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in her native Wales. She is a labor activist serving on the council at Actor’s Equity Association and was on the steering committee to merge SAG and AFTRA.