Lara Ricote

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Lara Ricote
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Ricote at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.
BornDecember 31 1996 [1]
Alma mater University of Amsterdam
Occupation Comedian
Years active2018–present
Mother Gabriela Rivero  [ es ] [2]
Awards
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Lara Ricote is a Mexican-American comedian based in the Netherlands. [3]

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Early life

Ricote is the daughter of actress Gabriela Rivero  [ es ] and photographer Luis Francisco Ricote. [4] She grew up in Miami [5] before moving to the Netherlands to study politics at the University of Amsterdam. [6]

Career

Ricote began performing improv and stand-up comedy while studying in Amsterdam. [6] She has performed in both English and Spanish. [5]

In 2021, Ricote won the Funny Women Stage Award. [7] At the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she performed her debut solo show GRL/LATNX/DEF [3] and won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. [8]

In May 2022, Ricote featured in Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza, [9] a comedy special broadcast on Dave. In October the same year, she appeared on the panel shows Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable [10] and Question Team, [11] also both broadcast on Dave.

In February 2024, Ricote appeared on series U of BBC Two's QI as a guest panelist. [12]

Personal life

Ricote lives in Amsterdam. [13] She has degenerative hearing loss [13] and uses hearing aids; she has described herself as hard of hearing. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Isobel (21 February 2024). "Lara Ricote: 'I've got gigs because I'm a woman – I've got the texts to prove it'". i . Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Jenke, Tyler (21 March 2024). "Lara Ricote: 'I need to think of it as an invitation to really get in there and get weird and take risks'". Beat. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Logan, Brian (12 August 2022). "Lara Ricote review – razor-sharp goofball is an original gagster". The Guardian . ISSN   1756-3224 . Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Méndez, Juan Pablo (3 December 2021). "Gaby Rivero nos habla como nunca de su matrimonio con Luis Francisco Ricote". TVNotas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  5. 1 2 Healy, Rachael (15 August 2022). "'You have to be 100 times funnier in Danish': the pitfalls and pleasures of taking comedy across borders". The Guardian . ISSN   1756-3224 . Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 Lewis, Isobel (17 August 2022). "Lara Ricote: 'I won the Funny Women award on a terrible day – I had gotten my hearing aids stuck in my ear'". The Independent . ISSN   1741-9743 . Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "2021 Funny Women Awards Winners Announced!". Funny Women. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards winners 2022". British Comedy Guide . 27 August 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Episode 1". Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza. 19 May 2022. Dave . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via UKTV Play.
  10. ↑ "Episode 3". Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Series 3. Episode 3. 4 October 2022. Dave . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via UKTV Play.
  11. ↑ "Episode 5". Question Team . Series 2. Episode 5. 22 October 2022. Dave . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via UKTV Play.
  12. ↑ "U animals". QI. Series U. Episode 8. 20 February 2024. BBC Two . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via BBC Programme Catalogue.
  13. 1 2 Logan, Brian (17 January 2023). "Jokes about the climate crisis? Why not! Standup champ Lara Ricote targets another taboo". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  14. ↑ O'Dell, Liam (14 April 2023). "Interview: Lara Ricote on finding confidence as a hard of hearing comedian and storyteller (BSL)". The Limping Chicken. Retrieved 2 December 2024.


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