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Moira Quirk
Born (1966-10-30) October 30, 1966 (age 58)
Manchester, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active1990–present
AgentArlene Thornton and Associates
Spouse
Michael Rayner
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(m. 1995)​
Children2
Websitemoiraquirk.com Edit this at Wikidata

Moira Quirk (born October 30, 1966) is an English actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.[1][2]

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.[3] After graduation, she moved to Orlando, Florida.[3]

Quirk married comedian Michael Rayner on May 26, 1994. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the mid 1990s.[3] They have two daughters.[4]

Career

Early in her career, Quirk took voice acting lessons from Susan Blu, Donna Grillo, Collette Sunderman, Margaret Tang, Lisa Schaffer, 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. 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 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning action role-playing video game.

Awards and honors

Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
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]

Filmography

Film

Quirk's film roles
Year Title Role
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
2006 Flushed Away Additional Voices

Television

Quirk's television roles[17]
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Hey Arnold! Woman At Fire / Italian Ice Kid 1 episode: Career Day/Hey Harold!
Hyperion Bay Minnie 1 episode: Temptation and Responsibility
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
1996-2003 Dexter's Laboratory Additional Voices
1997-2004 Johnny Bravo
  • Cutie #1
  • Cute Young Babe
  • Young Chick
  • Tour Guide
  • Jane Bonded
  • Redhead
 3 episodes:
  • Jumbo Johnny/The Perfect Gift/Bravo, James Bravo
  • Dental Hijinks/Little Red Riding Johnny/Pouch Potato
  • Gray Matters/Double Vision
1998-2004 The Powerpuff Girls Additional Voices
2004-2005 What's New, Scooby-Doo?
  • Mei Ling
  • Susie Smythe
 2 episodes:
  • Block-Long Hong Kong Terror
  • It's All Greek to Scooby
2005 Stroker & Hoop
  • Khan'ja
  • Meryl
  • Dora
  • Other
 1 episode: The Wrath of Khan'Ja (a.k.a. Dammit Mamet)
2002-2006 My Life as a Teenage Robot
  • Brit
  • Lady
  • Jennibel
  • Glowing Beautiful Alien
  • Other
 13 episodes:
  • Voyage to the Planet of the Bikers/Queen Bee
  • Legion of Evil/The Price of Love
  • Stage Fright/Never Say Uncle
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction/There's No Place Like Home School
  • Escape from Cluster Prime
  • Toying with Jenny/Teenage Mutant Ninja Troubles
  • Pajama Party Prankapalooza/Sister Sledgehammer)
  • Love 'Em or Leash 'Em/Teen Team Time
  • Victim of Fashion
  • Dressed to Kill/Shell Game
  • See No Evil/The Great Unwashed
  • Ear No Evil/Unlicensed Flying Object
  • Raggedy Android/Class Action
2019-2022 DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders
  • Hannahr
 Recurring role

Video games

Quirk's roles in video games[17]
Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Nickelodeon GUTS (Video Game)
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

References

  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, retrieved 24 September 2022
  7. ^ a b "Moira Quirk". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 January 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ Howell, Kevin; Maughan, Shannon (30 December 2005). "PW's 2005 Listen Up Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ^ "2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  10. ^ "2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. ^ Finneke, Jaclyn (3 February 2014). "YALSA names 2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  13. ^ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  14. ^ a b "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  15. ^ "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  16. ^ "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Moira Quirk". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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