
Lila Downs
Acting
Born 1968-09-09 · 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.
Acting

Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
Self
Santuarios del Infinito
Narrator (voice)

Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
Self

Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
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Tengo un Sueño 2022
Self

Lila Downs en el #50FIC
Self

Léemelo
Self

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self

Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
Self - Performer

Xico's Journey
Nana Petra (voice)

Canto a La Memoria
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El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
Herself

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
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Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
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The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
Herself

Matria
Herself

La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
Herself

Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Self

River of Fundament
Ranchera Singer

River of Fundament
Priest / REN Manager

La Mezcladora

Deseo
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Mariachi Gringo
Sophia

Made in Mexico
Self

Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
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Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
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