Lila Downs
Acting
Born: 1968-09-09 · 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
🎬 Movies (30)
Santuarios del Infinito
2023
Narrator (voice)
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
2023
Self
A Thousand Pines
2023
Music
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
2022
Self
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
2022
Lila Downs
Tengo un Sueño 2022
2022
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Self
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021
Self - Performer
La Civil
2021
Songs
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
2020
Herself
Xico's Journey
2020
Nana Petra (voice)
Canto a La Memoria
2020
Lila Downs
Así sembramos nuestra agua
2019
Narrador
The Song of Fried Chile
2019
Lila Downs
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
2017
Lila Downs
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
2015
Herself
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
2015
Lila Downs
River of Fundament
2014
Priest / REN Manager
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014
Self
Matria
2014
Herself
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
2014
Herself
Deseo
2013
Lila Downs
Made in Mexico
2012
Self
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
2012
Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
2012
Lila Downs
Crossing the Desert
2012
Cantante
Mariachi Gringo
2012
Sophia
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
2010
Self
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
2009
Lila Downs
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
2008
Mamá
📺 TV Shows (12)
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023
Self
Léemelo
2022
Self
La Más Draga
2018
Lila Downs
La hora musa
2018
Self
La Mezcladora
2013
Músicos de Latinoamérica
2011
Self
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Emmys Segment
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
Self
Latin Grammy Awards
2000
Self
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997
Self
The Oscars
1953
Self