Lila Downs
Biography
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968), is an American–Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised in Oaxaca, she primarily studied at the Institute of Arts by Oaxaca and briefly attended University of Minnesota, before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She soon began performing in the traditional music scene of Oaxaca City.
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Movies (40)
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
as Self
2023
A Thousand Pines
Music (Sound)
2023
Santuarios del Infinito
as Narrator (voice)
2023
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
as Lila Downs
2022
Tengo un Sueño 2022
as Self
2022
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
as Self
2022
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2021
La Civil
Songs (Sound)
2021
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
as Self - Performer
2021
Xico's Journey
as Nana Petra (voice)
2020
Canto a La Memoria
as Lila Downs
2020
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
as Herself
2020
The Song of Fried Chile
as Lila Downs
2019
Así sembramos nuestra agua
as Narrador
2019
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
as Lila Downs
2017
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
as Lila Downs
2015
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
as Herself
2015
Matria
as Herself
2014
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
as Herself
2014
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
as Self
2014
River of Fundament
as Ranchera Singer
2014
Deseo
as Lila Downs
2013
Mariachi Gringo
as Sophia
2012
Made in Mexico
as Self
2012
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
as Lila Downs
2012
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
as Lila Downs
2012
Crossing the Desert
as Cantante
2012
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
as Self
2010
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
as Lila Downs
2009
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
as Mamá
2008
Fados
as Self
2007
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
as Lila Downs
2007
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
as Self
2007
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
as Herself - Performer
2007
The hypocrisy of Desire
Music (Sound)
2007
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
as Frida Kahlo (voice)
2005
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
as Lila Downs
2005
En mi país
as Self
2004
Fuego
as Woman
2003
Frida
as Tango Singer
2002
TV Shows (10)
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
as Self
2023
Léemelo
as Self
2022
La hora musa
as Self
2018
La Más Draga
as Lila Downs
2018
La Mezcladora
2013
Músicos de Latinoamérica
as Self
2011
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Emmys Segment
2003
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
2002
Latin Grammy Awards
as Self
2000