Moira Quirk is an English actress and comedian. As an audiobook narrator, she has won four Audie Awards.[1][2]
Moira Quirk | |
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| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Agent | Arlene Thornton and Associates |
| Spouse |
Michael Rayner (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | moiraquirk |
Personal life and education
editQuirk 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
editEarly 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.[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 the action role-playing video game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
Awards and honors
edit| 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
editFilm
edit| 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 |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-1995 | Nickelodeon Guts | Co-Host / Referee (as herself) | 160 episodes |
| 1998 | Hey Arnold! | Woman at Fire / Italian Ice Kid | 1 episode: "Career Day"/"Hey Harold!" |
| 1998 | Hyperion Bay | Minnie | 1 episode: "Temptation and Responsibility" |
| 1998 | 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" |
| 1997-2004 | Johnny Bravo |
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3 episodes:
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| 2004-2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? |
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2 episodes:
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| 2005 | Stroker & Hoop |
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1 episode: "The Wrath of Khan'Ja" (a.k.a. "Dammit Mamet") |
| 2002-2006 | My Life as a Teenage Robot |
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13 episodes:
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| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Phyla-Vell / Quasar | 1 episode: "Michael Korvac" |
| 2019-2022 | DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders | Hannahr | Recurring role |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Nickelodeon Guts (video game) | |||
| 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, 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
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ 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 "Moira Quirk". IMDb. Retrieved 24 September 2022.