Lila Downs
September 9, 1968 (56 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día as Self
- 2023 · Santuarios del Infinito as Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados as Self
- 2022 · 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 · Léemelo as Self
- 2021 · A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
- 2021 · Latin GRAMMY Celebra: Ellas y Su Música as Self - Performer
- 2020 · 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
- 2019 · The Song of Fried Chile as Lila Downs
- 2019 · Así sembramos nuestra agua as Narrador
- 2018 · La hora musa as Self
- 2018 · La más draga as Lila Downs
- 2017 · La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa as Lila Downs
- 2015 · Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate as Lila Downs
- 2015 · The Nightingale and the Night. Chavela Vargas sings Lorca. as Herself
- 2014 · 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 · River of Fundament as Priest / REN Manager
- 2013 · La Mezcladora as
- 2013 · Deseo as Lila Downs
- 2012 · 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
- 2011 · Músicos de Latinoamérica as Self
- 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
- 2008 · De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar as Mamá
- 2008 · NPR Tiny Desk Concerts as Self
- 2007 · 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
- 2005 · The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo as Frida Kahlo (voice)
- 2005 · Hasta el último trago... Corazón as Lila Downs
- 2004 · En mi país as Lila Downs
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Emmys segment
- 2003 · Fuego as Woman
- 2002 · Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
- 2002 · Frida as Tango Singer
- 2000 · Latin Grammy Awards as Self
- 2000 · Corazón Oaxaqueño as Lila Downs
- 1997 · Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self