6.1
TV
Acting
Lara Ricote
- Born
- (age 29)
- Birthplace
- Miami, Florida, US
- Credits
- 17 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 17
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Break Clause TV | Lil (6 ep) |
| 2026 | Live from the Lycett Arms TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2026 | Make That Movie TV | Jess (6 ep) |
| 2026 | Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (baptism) Film | Self |
| 2025 | Dating in Your 20s Film | The Insecure |
| 2025 | Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping TV | (6 ep) |
| 2025 | Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet TV | Herself (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Lara Ricote: GRL/LATNX/DEF Film | Self |
| 2024 | Break Clause Film | Lil |
| 2024 | Battle In The Box TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2021 | Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2017 | House of Games TV | Self - Panellist (5 ep) |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Last Leg TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2011 | World's Most Dangerous Roads TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Live at the Apollo TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2003 | QI TV | Self (2 ep) |
Crew credits 3
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (baptism) Film | Writer |
| 2025 | Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping TV | Writer (6 ep) |
| 2024 | Lara Ricote: GRL/LATNX/DEF Film | Writer |