Lila Downs
Birthday
1968/09/09 (56 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Oaxaca, Mexico
Also know as
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez
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...Read more
Acting
(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
(2009) The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
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
(2004) En mi país
as Lila Downs
(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
(2021) Latin GRAMMY Celebra: Ellas y Su Música
as Self - Performer
(2012) Crossing the Desert
as Cantante
(2012) Mariachi Gringo
as Sophia
(2007) 12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
as Self
(2008) NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self
(2023) Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
as Self
(1997) Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
as Self
(2011) Músicos de Latinoamérica
as Self
(2022) Léemelo
as Self
(2000) Latin Grammy Awards
as Self
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Emmys segment
(2018) La más draga
as Lila Downs
(2018) La hora musa
as Self
(2002) Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2013) La Mezcladora
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