Lila Downs
- Acting
- September 9, 1968 · 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 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
- 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 · Self
- 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, Music
- The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca. · Self
- Matria · Self, Music
- La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria · Self
- Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It · Self
- River of Fundament · Ranchera Singer, Priest / REN Manager
- 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, Producer
- 12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai · Self
- ¡Pedro Infante... Vive! · Self
- 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
- Fuego · Woman
- Las Lunas del Auditorio · Self
- Frida · Tango Singer
- Latin Grammy Awards · Self
- Corazón Oaxaqueño · Lila Downs
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco · Self
- The Oscars · Self