Moira Quirk | |
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| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Agent | Arlene Thornton and Associates |
| Spouse | Michael Rayner (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | moiraquirk |
Moira Quirk is an English actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards. [1] [2]
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]
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. [7]
She also provided additional voices for Happy Feet Two , portrayed Phyla-Vell on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes , Hannahr the blacksmith in DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders , and voiced characters in the action role-playing video game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning .
| Year | Title | Award/Honor | Result | Ref. |
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| 2005 | Mercury by Ben Bova | Listen Up Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy | Finalist | [8] |
| 2006 | Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern | Audie Award for Romance | Finalist | [9] |
| 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 | [10] [11] |
| 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 | [12] |
| The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee | Audie Award for Young Adult Title | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2021 | The Bone Houses (2019) by Emily Lloyd-Jones | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Selection | [14] |
| The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Selection | [14] | |
| Perks of Loving a Wallflower | AudioFile Best of Romance | Selection | [12] | |
| 2022 | Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir | Audie Award for Fantasy | Finalist | [15] |
| Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | Selection | [16] |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1995 | Play It Again, Dad | Interviewer |
| 1998 | Suicide, the Comedy | Maggie |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Rehabilitation Worker / Monkey |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys | Jane |
| 2004 | Steamboy (English edition) | Cliff / Tommy |
| 2005 | Come as You Are | Suzie |
| 2005 | My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime | Brit / Woman #1 / Nurse |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992-1995 | Nickelodeon Guts | Co-Host / Referee (as herself) | 160 episodes |
| 1998 | Hey Arnold! | Woman at Fire / Italian Ice Kid | 1 episode: "Career Day"/"Hey Harold!" |
| 1998 | Hyperion Bay | Minnie | 1 episode: "Temptation and Responsibility" |
| 1998 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Brangwen / Squire | 1 episode: "Apex Cartoon Props & Novelties"/"A Cop and His Donut"/"Enchanted Adventures" |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys | Emu | 1 episode: "Operation Valentine" |
| 1997-2004 | Johnny Bravo |
| 3 episodes:
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| 2004-2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? |
| 2 episodes:
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| 2005 | Stroker & Hoop |
| 1 episode: "The Wrath of Khan'Ja" (a.k.a. "Dammit Mamet") |
| 2002-2006 | My Life as a Teenage Robot |
| 13 episodes:
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| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Phyla-Vell / Quasar | 1 episode: "Michael Korvac" |
| 2019-2022 | DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders | Hannahr | Recurring role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1994 | Nickelodeon Guts (video game) | |||
| 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, extras | [7] | |
| 2005 | Haunting Ground (English edition) | Daniella / Ayla Belli | ||
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Karliah | ||
| 2016 | Skylanders: Imaginators | Tidepool | ||
| 2020 | Destiny 2: Beyond Light | The Exo Stranger / Elsie Bray | ||
| 2023 | Hogwarts Legacy | Professor Garlick |
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