Lila Downs
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1968
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
2023
NR
A Thousand Pines
20232.0
Santuarios del Infinito
2023
5.5
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023
8.5
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
2022
NR
Tengo un Sueño 2022
2022
NR
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
2022
NR
Léemelo
2022
NR
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
7.9
La Civil
2021
7.5
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021
6.6
Xico's Journey
2020
8.0
Canto a La Memoria
2020
8.0
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
2020
7.0
The Song of Fried Chile
2019
6.5
Así sembramos nuestra agua
2019
6.5
La hora musa
2018
5.3
La Más Draga
2018
NR
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
2017
9.0
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
2015
7.7
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
2015
7.0
Matria
2014
7.0
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
2014
6.2
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014
5.9
River of Fundament
2014
2.0
La Mezcladora
2013
6.5
Deseo
2013
6.5
Mariachi Gringo
2012
6.2
Made in Mexico
2012
9.0
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
2012
7.7
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
2012
4.0
Crossing the Desert
2012NR
Músicos de Latinoamérica
2011
8.0
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
2010
8.0
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
2009
7.3
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
2008
7.0
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008
7.0
Fados
2007
8.5
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
20075.0
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
2007
4.0
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
2007
NR
The hypocrisy of Desire
2007
6.3
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
2005
7.5
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
2005
8.0
En mi país
2004
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.0
Fuego
2003
7.3
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
7.4
Frida
2002
7.0
Latin Grammy Awards
2000
NR
Corazón Oaxaqueño
2000
5.5
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997
7.0
The Oscars
1953