Moira Quirk

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Moira Quirk is a British actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=":6">Template:Cite web</ref> After graduation, she moved to the United States, settling in Orlando, Florida.<ref name=":6" />

Quirk married comedian Michael Rayner on May 26, 1996. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s.<ref name=":6" /> They have two daughters.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=":6" /> Through this work, she became connected with Nickelodeon Studios.<ref name=":6" /> There, she became co-host and referee for Nickelodeon Guts for four seasons.<ref name=":6" /> 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,<ref name="tbtcredits">Template:Cite video game</ref><ref name="bardlongplay">Template:Citation</ref> 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	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern	Audie Award for Romance	Finalist	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky	Audie Award for Audio Drama	Winner	<ref name=":4" />
	Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky	Audie Award for Achievement in Production	Winner	<ref name=":4" />
	Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri Rasovsky	Audie Award for Original Work	Winner	<ref name=":4" />
2014	Etiquette & Espionage (2013) by Gail Carriger	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Anne Manx and the Blood Chase by Larry Weiner	Audie Award for Audio Drama	Finalist	<ref name=":5" />
	Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger	Audie Award for Teens	Finalist	<ref name=":5" />
	Template:Sortname (1902) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright	Audie Award for Audio Drama	Winner	<ref name=":5" />
2019	Gideon the Ninth (2019) by Tamsyn Muir	AudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror	Selection	<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>
	Template:Sortname by Mackenzi Lee	Audie Award for Young Adult Title	Finalist	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	Template:Sortname (2019) by Emily Lloyd-Jones	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Selection	<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>
	Template:Sortname by Tamsyn Muir	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Selection	<ref name=":2" />
	Perks of Loving a Wallflower	AudioFile Best of Romance	Selection	<ref name=":1" />
2022	Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir	Audie Award for Fantasy	Finalist	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Sixteen Scandals by Sophie Jordan	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Selection	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1995	Play It Again, Dad	Interviewer
1998	Suicide, the Comedy	Maggie
2002	Template:Sortname	Jane<ref name="btva2">Template:Cite web 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.</ref>
2004	Steamboy	Cliff, Tommy<ref name="btva2" />
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"<ref name="btva2" />
1997–2004	Johnny Bravo	Various voices	3 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
1998	Hyperion Bay	Minnie	Episode: "Temptation and Responsibility"
1998	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Brangwen	Episode: "Enchanted Adventures"<ref name="btva2" />
2001	Template:Sortname	Emu	Episode: "Operation Valentine"
2003–2006	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Brit, various voices	13 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
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"<ref name="btva2" />
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Phyla-Vell / Quasar	Episode: "Michael Korvac"<ref name="btva2" />
2016	Sanjay and Craig	Mo	Episode: "G.U.T.S. Busters"<ref name="btva2" />
2019–2022	DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders	Hannahr	Recurring role<ref name="btva2" />

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1994	Nickelodeon Guts
1998	Xenogears	Ellyham "Elly" van Houten
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2005	Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction	Adriana Livingston
2005	Shadow of Rome	Vipsania		<ref name="btva2" />
2005	Haunting Ground	Daniella, Ayla Belli		<ref name="btva2" />
2011	MotorStorm: Apocalypse	Candi, Rival		<ref name="btva2" />
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Karliah		<ref name="btva2" />
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Elara Dorne		<ref name="btva2" />
2012	Dragon's Dogma	Mercedes		<ref name="btva2" />
2016	Skylanders: Imaginators	Tidepool
2020	Destiny 2: Beyond Light	Exo Stranger, Elsie Bray
2023	Hogwarts Legacy	Professor Garlick, additional voices		<ref name="btva2" />

External links

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