Lara Ricote

Biography

Lara Ricote is a Mexican-American comedian based in the Netherlands. Ricote is the daughter of actress Gabriela Rivero and photographer Luis Francisco Ricote. She grew up in Miami before moving to the Netherlands to study politics at the University of Amsterdam. Ricote began performing improv and stand-up comedy while studying in Amsterdam. She has performed in both English and Spanish. In 2021, Ricote won the Funny Women Stage Award. At the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she performed her debut solo show GRL/LATNX/DEF and won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. In May 2022, Ricote featured in Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza, a comedy special broadcast on Dave. In October the same year, she appeared on the panel shows Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable and Question Team, both also broadcast on Dave. In January 2025 she appeared on 5 daily episodes of Richard Osman’s House of Games, season 8 week 12, alongside former Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton and comedians Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown) and Robin Ince. In September 2025 Ricote appeared in sketch comedy series Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping.

Most Known For

QI

as Self

The Last Leg

as Self

Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Panellist

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

as Self

Live at the Apollo

as Self

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

as Self

World's Most Dangerous Roads

as Self

Battle In The Box

as Self

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet

as Herself

Break Clause

as Lil

Dating in Your 20s

as The Insecure

Lara Ricote: GRL/LATNX/DEF

as Self