Moira Quirk

Moira Quirk
Moira Quirk
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupations	Actress; comedian;
Years active	1992–present
Agent	Arlene Thornton and Associates
Spouse	Michael Rayner (m. 1996)
Children	2
Website	moiraquirk.com

Moira Quirk 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, 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. 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

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]
2019	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]
2022	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	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	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	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

Year	Title	Role	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2008 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bio | Moira Quirk". Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "Bio". MoiraQuirk.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:21 in, More Great Talent.
^ ^a ^b [PS2 Longplay] The Bard's Tale Part 6, 6 September 2016, retrieved 24 September 2022
^ Howell, Kevin; Maughan, Shannon (30 December 2005). "PW's 2005 Listen Up Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "2006 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ Finneke, Jaclyn (3 February 2014). "YALSA names 2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ ^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.

External links

Official website
Moira Quirk at IMDb

[:4-1] "2008 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[:5-2] "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[:6-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bio | Moira Quirk". Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[4] "Bio". MoiraQuirk.com. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[tbtcredits-5] InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:21 in, More Great Talent.

[bardlongplay-6] [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.

[:1-11] "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.

[:2-13] "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.

[btva2-16] ^ ^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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