Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 09, 1968
Place of Birth
Oaxaca, Mexico
Credits
53 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
Self
A Thousand Pines
Music
Santuarios del Infinito
Narrator (voice)
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
Self
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
Lila Downs
Tengo un Sueño 2022
Self
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
Self
Léemelo
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
La Civil
Songs
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
Self - Performer
Xico's Journey
Nana Petra (voice)
Canto a La Memoria
Lila Downs
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
Herself
The Song of Fried Chile
Lila Downs
Así sembramos nuestra agua
Narrador
La hora musa
Self
La Más Draga
Lila Downs
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
Lila Downs
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
Herself
Matria
Herself
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
Herself
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Self
River of Fundament
Ranchera Singer
La Mezcladora
Deseo
Lila Downs
Mariachi Gringo
Sophia
Made in Mexico
Self
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
Lila Downs
Crossing the Desert
Cantante
Músicos de Latinoamérica
Self
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
Self
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
Lila Downs
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
Mamá
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Self
Fados
Self
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
Lila Downs
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
Self
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
Herself - Performer
The hypocrisy of Desire
Music
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo (voice)
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
Lila Downs
En mi país
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Emmys Segment
Fuego
Woman
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
Frida
Tango Singer
Latin Grammy Awards
Self