Lila Downs
Acting Born Sep 9, 1968 Oaxaca, Mexico 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (2008) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Emmys Segment
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Deseo (2013) as Lila Downs
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco (1997) as Self
- Las Lunas del Auditorio (2002) as Self
- Latin Grammy Awards (2000) as Self
- La Más Draga (2018) as Lila Downs
- Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados (2023) as Self
- Frida (2002) as Tango Singer
- Léemelo (2022) as Self
- Xico's Journey (2020) as Nana Petra (voice)
- La hora musa (2018) as Self
- River of Fundament (2014) as Ranchera Singer
- River of Fundament (2014) as Priest / REN Manager
- La Mezcladora (2013)
- The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (2005) as Frida Kahlo (voice)
- Mariachi Gringo (2012) as Sophia
- Made in Mexico (2012) as Self
- A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings (2021) as Self
- Músicos de Latinoamérica (2011) as Self
- Crossing the Desert (2012) as Cantante
- En mi país (2004) as Self
- Matria (2014) as Herself