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Moira Quirk

British actress

Summary

British actress

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  • Actress
  • comedian Moira Quirk is a British actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.

Personal life and education

Quirk received an honours degree in English and Drama from Westfield College, University of London and Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduation, she moved to the United States, settling in Orlando, Florida.

Quirk married comedian Michael Rayner on May 26, 1996. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s. They have two daughters.

Career

Early in her career, Quirk took voice acting lessons from Susan Blu and Charlie Adler.

After graduating from Westfield College, University of London and Central School of Speech and Drama, Quirk moved to Orlando, Florida, where she worked at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Florida. Through this work, she became connected with Nickelodeon Studios. There, she became co-host and referee for Nickelodeon Guts for four seasons. She was also the hostess of the children's TV series Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps.

Quirk is also known as the voice of Brit Crust in the Nickelodeon animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot, as well as the voice of CHIPS in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd. Quirk also appeared in the game Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, as the voice of the news reporter Adriana Livingston. She also voiced Daniella in the video game Haunting Ground, as well as Susie Smythe and Mei Ling on two episodes of What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

Quirk has additionally voiced several minor characters on popular animated series, such as Codename: Kids Next Door and Johnny Bravo.

She has voiced the character Karliah in the role-playing video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as well as Elara Dorne in BioWare's MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Elhaym "Elly" van Houten in Xenogears, and Moira Vahlen in XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its expansion, Enemy Within. Quirk has also appeared in The Bard's Tale, and provides the voices of The Emissary of the Nine, Elisabeth Bray in Destiny 2, Tidepool in Skylanders: Imaginators, and some female extras in Destiny 2: Beyond Light. She voiced Vipsania and other characters in the 2005 Capcom game Shadow of Rome.

She also voiced Phyla-Vell on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Hannahr in DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders.

Awards and honors

YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.20052006200820142015201920212022
Mercury by Ben BovaListen Up Award for Science Fiction/FantasyFinalist
Rosie Dunne by Cecelia AhernAudie Award for RomanceFinalist
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Audio DramaWinner
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Achievement in ProductionWinner
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Original WorkWinner
Etiquette & Espionage (2013) by Gail CarrigerAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10
Anne Manx and the Blood Chase by Larry WeinerAudie Award for Audio DramaFinalist
Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail CarrigerAudie Award for TeensFinalist
** (1902) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton WrightAudie Award for Audio DramaWinner
Gideon the Ninth (2019) by Tamsyn MuirAudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & HorrorSelectiontitle=AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narratorurl=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators//access-date=2022-09-24website=AudioFile Magazinelanguage=en}}
** by Mackenzi LeeAudie Award for Young Adult TitleFinalist
** (2019) by Emily Lloyd-JonesAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelectionlast=date=2021-01-04title=2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adultsurl=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults-0access-date=2022-09-24website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)language=en}}
** by Tamsyn MuirAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelection
Perks of Loving a WallflowerAudioFile Best of RomanceSelection
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn MuirAudie Award for FantasyFinalist
Sixteen Scandals by Sophie JordanAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelection

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1995Play It Again, DadInterviewer
1998Suicide, the ComedyMaggie
2002**title=Moira Quirk (visual voices guide)url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Moira-Quirk/access-date=January 16, 2025publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2004SteamboyCliff, Tommy
2005Come as You AreSuzie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1995Nickelodeon GutsCo-Host, Referee (as herself)160 episodes
1998Hey Arnold!Woman, KidEpisode: "Career Day"
1997–2004Johnny BravoVarious voices3 episodes
1998Hyperion BayMinnieEpisode: "Temptation and Responsibility"
1998Oh Yeah! CartoonsBrangwenEpisode: "Enchanted Adventures"
2001**EmuEpisode: "Operation Valentine"
2003–2006My Life as a Teenage RobotBrit, various voices13 episodes
2004–2005What's New, Scooby-Doo?Mei Ling, Susie Smythe2 episodes
2005Stroker & HoopKhan'ja, Dora, TheatergoerEpisode: "The Wrath of Khan'Ja"
2012The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesPhyla-Vell / QuasarEpisode: "Michael Korvac"
2016Sanjay and CraigMoEpisode: "G.U.T.S. Busters"
2019–2022DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue RidersHannahrRecurring role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1994Nickelodeon Guts
1998XenogearsEllyham "Elly" van Houten
2004**
2005Mercenaries: Playground of DestructionAdriana Livingston
2005Shadow of RomeVipsania
2005Haunting GroundDaniella, Ayla Belli
2011MotorStorm: ApocalypseCandi, Rival
2011The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimKarliah
2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicElara Dorne
2012Dragon's DogmaMercedes
2016Skylanders: ImaginatorsTidepool
2020Destiny 2: Beyond LightExo Stranger, Elsie Bray
2023Hogwarts LegacyProfessor Garlick, additional voices

References

References

  1. "2008 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)".
  2. "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)".
  3. "Bio {{!}} Moira Quirk".
  4. "Bio".
  5. (2004). "The Bard's Tale". InXile Entertainment.
  6. (6 September 2016). "[PS2 Longplay] The Bard's Tale Part 6".
  7. (2005-12-30). "PW's 2005 Listen Up Awards".
  8. "2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)".
  9. (2014-01-30). "2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten".
  10. Finneke, Jaclyn. (2014-02-03). "YALSA names 2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults".
  11. "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator".
  12. "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)".
  13. (2021-01-04). "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults".
  14. "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)".
  15. (2022-02-03). "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults".
  16. "Moira Quirk (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
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