Lila Downs
Acting
1968-09-09 · Oaxaca, Mexico
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.
Filmography
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
2023 · Movie
A Thousand Pines
2023 · Movie
Santuarios del Infinito
2023 · Movie
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023 · Series
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
2022 · Movie
Tengo un Sueño 2022
2022 · Movie
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
2022 · Movie
Léemelo
2022 · Series
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021 · Movie
La Civil
2021 · Movie
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021 · Movie
Xico's Journey
2020 · Movie
Canto a La Memoria
2020 · Movie
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
2020 · Movie
The Song of Fried Chile
2019 · Movie
Así sembramos nuestra agua
2019 · Movie
La hora musa
2018 · Series
La Más Draga
2018 · Series
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
2017 · Movie
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
2015 · Movie
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
2015 · Movie
Matria
2014 · Movie
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
2014 · Movie
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014 · Movie
River of Fundament
2014 · Movie
La Mezcladora
2013 · Series
Deseo
2013 · Movie
Mariachi Gringo
2012 · Movie
Made in Mexico
2012 · Movie
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
2012 · Movie
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
2012 · Movie
Crossing the Desert
2012 · Movie
Músicos de Latinoamérica
2011 · Series
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
2010 · Movie
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
2009 · Movie
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
2008 · Movie
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008 · Series
Fados
2007 · Movie
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
2007 · Movie
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
2007 · Movie
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
2007 · Movie
The hypocrisy of Desire
2007 · Movie
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
2005 · Movie
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
2005 · Movie
En mi país
2004 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Fuego
2003 · Movie
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002 · Series
Frida
2002 · Movie
Latin Grammy Awards
2000 · Series
Corazón Oaxaqueño
2000 · Movie
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series