Name
Lila Downs
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1968-09-09 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Oaxaca, Mexico
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.
Known For
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The peace of a small town is endangered when a corporation wants to destroy the mountain t...
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Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinven...
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From Diego Luna and Alejandro Fernandez, to Carla Morrison and Chavela Vargas, Duncan Brid...
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A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi s...
- 2007 ¡Pedro Infante... Vive! as Herself - Performer
- 2022 Lila Downs en el #50FIC as Self
- 2023 Santuarios del Infinito as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca. as Herself
- 2012 Made in Mexico as Self
- 2013 Deseo as Lila Downs
- 2005 The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo as Frida Kahlo (voice)
- 2021 A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
- 2014 River of Fundament as Ranchera Singer
- 2014 River of Fundament as Priest / REN Manager
- 2002 Frida as Tango Singer
- 2023 Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día as Self
- 2007 Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada as Lila Downs
- 2022 Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México as Lila Downs
- 2022 Tengo un Sueño 2022 as Self
- 2012 Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara) as Lila Downs
- 2012 Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros as Lila Downs
- 2005 Hasta el último trago... Corazón as Lila Downs
- 2010 Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP as Self
- 2009 The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs as Lila Downs
- 2004 En mi país as Self
- 2008 De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar as Mamá
- 2015 Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate as Lila Downs
- 2007 Fados as Self
- 2000 Corazón Oaxaqueño as Lila Downs
- 2019 Así sembramos nuestra agua as Narrador
- 2014 Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It as Self
- 2019 The Song of Fried Chile as Lila Downs
- 2017 La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa as Lila Downs
- 2014 Matria as Herself
- 2003 Fuego as Woman
- 2014 La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria as Herself
- 2020 El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company as Herself
- 2020 Xico's Journey as Nana Petra (voice)
- 2020 Canto a La Memoria as Lila Downs
- 2012 Crossing the Desert as Cantante
- 2021 Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music as Self - Performer
- 2012 Mariachi Gringo as Sophia
- 2007 12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai as Self
- 2008 NPR Tiny Desk Concerts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Conversando con Cristina Pacheco ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2011 Músicos de Latinoamérica ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Léemelo ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Latin Grammy Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Emmys Segment
- 2018 La Más Draga ( 1 episode ) as Lila Downs
- 2018 La hora musa ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Las Lunas del Auditorio ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 La Mezcladora ( 2 episodes )
