Moira Quirk is a British actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.
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. After graduation, she moved to the United States, settling in Orlando, Florida.
Quirk married comedian Michael Rayner on May 26, 1996. The couple moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s. They have two daughters.
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. Through this work, she became connected with Nickelodeon Studios. There, she became co-host and referee for Nickelodeon Guts for four seasons. 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, 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 YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.2005Mercury by Ben BovaListen Up Award for Science Fiction/FantasyFinalist2006Rosie Dunne by Cecelia AhernAudie Award for RomanceFinalist2008Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Audio DramaWinnerSweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Achievement in ProductionWinnerSweeney Todd and the String of Pearls by Yuri RasovskyAudie Award for Original WorkWinner2014Etiquette & Espionage (2013) by Gail CarrigerAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 102015Anne Manx and the Blood Chase by Larry WeinerAudie Award for Audio DramaFinalistCurtsies and Conspiracies by Gail CarrigerAudie Award for TeensFinalist (1902) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Pichette and R. Hamilton WrightAudie Award for Audio DramaWinner2019Gideon the Ninth (2019) by Tamsyn MuirAudioFile Best of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & HorrorSelection by Mackenzi LeeAudie Award for Young Adult TitleFinalist2021 (2019) by Emily Lloyd-JonesAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelection by Tamsyn MuirAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelectionPerks of Loving a Wallflower AudioFile Best of RomanceSelection2022Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn MuirAudie Award for FantasyFinalistSixteen Scandals by Sophie JordanAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSelection
Filmography Film YearTitleRole1995Play It Again, DadInterviewer1998Suicide, the ComedyMaggie2002Jane 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.2004SteamboyCliff, Tommy2005Come as You AreSuzie
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1992–1995Nickelodeon GutsCo-Host, Referee (as herself)160 episodes1998Hey Arnold!Woman, KidEpisode: "Career Day"1997–2004Johnny BravoVarious voices3 episodes1998Hyperion BayMinnieEpisode: "Temptation and Responsibility"1998Oh Yeah! CartoonsBrangwenEpisode: "Enchanted Adventures"2001EmuEpisode: "Operation Valentine"2003–2006My Life as a Teenage RobotBrit, various voices13 episodes2004–2005What's New, Scooby-Doo?Mei Ling, Susie Smythe2 episodes 2005Stroker & HoopKhan'ja, Dora, TheatergoerEpisode: "The Wrath of Khan'Ja"2012The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesPhyla-Vell / QuasarEpisode: "Michael Korvac"2016Sanjay and CraigMoEpisode: "G.U.T.S. Busters"2019–2022DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue RidersHannahrRecurring role
Video games YearTitleRoleNotesSource1994Nickelodeon Guts1998XenogearsEllyham "Elly" van Houten20042005Mercenaries: Playground of DestructionAdriana Livingston2005Shadow of RomeVipsania2005Haunting GroundDaniella, Ayla Belli 2011MotorStorm: ApocalypseCandi, Rival2011The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimKarliah2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicElara Dorne2012Dragon's DogmaMercedes2016Skylanders: ImaginatorsTidepool2020Destiny 2: Beyond LightExo Stranger, Elsie Bray2023Hogwarts LegacyProfessor Garlick, additional voices
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