Moira Quirk

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Moira Quirk is a British 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 the United States, settling in 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

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. 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,[5][6] 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

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]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (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]
Script error: No such module "Sort". by Mackenzi Lee Audie Award for Young Adult Title Finalist [12]
2021 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2019) by Emily Lloyd-Jones Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection [13]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 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

Film

Year Title Role
1995 Play It Again, Dad Interviewer
1998 Suicide, the Comedy Maggie
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort". Jane[16]
2004 Steamboy Cliff, Tommy[16]
2005 Come as You Are Suzie

Television

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 Script error: No such module "Sort". 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

Year Title Role Notes Source
1994 Nickelodeon Guts
1998 Xenogears Ellyham "Elly" van Houten
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". [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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External links

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