Lara Ricote

Lara Ricote (born December 1996) is a Mexican-American comedian and actor based in London, UK. She is the daughter of actor Gabriela Rivero and photographer Luis Francisco Ricote, and grew up in Miami before moving to the Netherlands to study politics at the University of Amsterdam. She began performing improv and stand-up while studying in Amsterdam, and performs 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 she featured in Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza, broadcast on Dave, and in October that year appeared on the panel shows Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable and Question Team. She appeared on BBC Two's QI as a guest panellist in February 2024 and again the following year, and in January 2025 featured on five daily episodes of Richard Osman's House of Games.

In September 2025, Ricote appeared in the sketch comedy series Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. In February 2026 it was announced that she would play Lil in the upcoming comedy series Break Clause for Channel 4, and in May 2026 she appeared as Jess in Sam Campbell's Make That Movie. Ricote lives in London, having previously lived in Amsterdam. She has degenerative hearing loss, uses hearing aids, and has described herself as hard of hearing.