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Moira Quirk

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Moira Quirk
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active1992–present
AgentArlene Thornton and Associates
Spouse
Michael Rayner
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(m. 1996)​
Children2
Websitemoiraquirk.com Edit this at Wikidata

Moira Quirk is an English actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.[1][2]

Personal life and education

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Quirk received an honours degree in English and Drama from Westfield College, University of London and Central School of Speech and Drama.[3] After graduation, she moved to Orlando, Florida.[3]

Quirk married comedian Michael Rayner on May 26, 1996. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s.[3] They have two daughters.[4]

Career

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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.[3] Through this work, she became connected with Nickelodeon Studios.[3] There, she became co-host and referee for Nickelodeon Guts for four seasons.[3] 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. Moira 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 Dr. Moira Vahlen in XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its expansion, Enemy Within. Quirk has also appeared in The Bard's Tale[5][6] and provides the voices of The Emissary of the Nine, The Exo Stranger (A.K.A. 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

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Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
2005 Mercury by Ben Bova Listen Up Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy Finalist [7]
2006 Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern Audie Award for Romance Finalist [8]
2008 Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky Audie Award for Audio Drama Winner [1]
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky Audie Award for Achievement in Production Winner [1]
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky Audie Award for Original Work Winner [1]
2014 Etiquette & Espionage (2013) by Gail Carriger Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [9][10]
2015 Anne Manx and the Blood Chase by Larry Weiner Audie Award for Audio Drama Finalist [2]
Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger Audie Award for Teens Finalist [2]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright Audie Award for Audio Drama Winner [2]
2019 Gideon the Ninth (2019) by Tamsyn Muir AudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Selection [11]
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee Audie Award for Young Adult Title Finalist [12]
2021 The Bone Houses (2019) by Emily Lloyd-Jones Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [13]
The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [13]
Perks of Loving a Wallflower AudioFile Best of Romance Selection [11]
2022 Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir Audie Award for Fantasy Finalist [14]
Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [15]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1995 Play It Again, Dad Interviewer
1998 Suicide, the Comedy Maggie
2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie Jane[16]
2004 Steamboy Cliff, Tommy[16]
2005 Come as You Are Suzie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992–1995 Nickelodeon Guts Co-Host, Referee (as herself) 160 episodes
1998 Hey Arnold! Woman, Kid Episode: "Career Day"[16]
1997–2004 Johnny Bravo Various voices 3 episodes[16]
1998 Hyperion Bay Minnie Episode: "Temptation and Responsibility"
1998 Oh Yeah! Cartoons Brangwen Episode: "Enchanted Adventures"[16]
2001 The Wild Thornberrys Emu Episode: "Operation Valentine"
2003–2006 My Life as a Teenage Robot Brit, various voices 13 episodes[16]
2004–2005 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Mei Ling, Susie Smythe 2 episodes
2005 Stroker & Hoop Khan'ja, Dora, Theatergoer Episode: "The Wrath of Khan'Ja"[16]
2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Phyla-Vell / Quasar Episode: "Michael Korvac"[16]
2016 Sanjay and Craig Mo Episode: "G.U.T.S. Busters"[16]
2019–2022 DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Hannahr Recurring role[16]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Nickelodeon Guts
1998 Xenogears Ellyham "Elly" van Houten
2004 The Bard's Tale [5][6]
2005 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Adriana Livingston
2005 Shadow of Rome Vipsania [16]
2005 Haunting Ground Daniella, Ayla Belli [16]
2011 MotorStorm: Apocalypse Candi, Rival [16]
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Karliah [16]
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Elara Dorne [16]
2012 Dragon's Dogma Mercedes [16]
2016 Skylanders: Imaginators Tidepool
2020 Destiny 2: Beyond Light Exo Stranger, Elsie Bray
2023 Hogwarts Legacy Professor Garlick, additional voices [16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2008 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Bio | Moira Quirk". Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Bio". MoiraQuirk.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:21 in, More Great Talent.
  6. ^ a b [PS2 Longplay] The Bard's Tale Part 6, 6 September 2016, retrieved 24 September 2022
  7. ^ Howell, Kevin; Maughan, Shannon (30 December 2005). "PW's 2005 Listen Up Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  9. ^ "2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. ^ Finneke, Jaclyn (3 February 2014). "YALSA names 2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  12. ^ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  13. ^ a b "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  15. ^ "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Moira Quirk (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 16 January 2025. 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.
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