Álvaro Rico Ladera (born 13 August 1996; in La Puebla de Montalbán) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the character of Polo in the Netflix's original series Elite.
In 2011, he began his career as an actor in a theater adaptation of La Celestina and his television debut was in 2017 in an episode of Medical Center. Also in 2017 he played Nicolás in Velvet Colección.
At the end of 2017, it was announced that he would be one of the protagonists of the second original Spanish Netflix's series entitled Elite, where he shares cast with actors like Miguel Herrán, and Ester Expósito, actress with whom he has a relationship. In the series he played Polo, a bisexual young man who stars in a love trio with Carla (Expósito) and Christian (Herrán).