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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 9, 1968
Place of Birth
Oaxaca, Mexico
Also Known As
- Ana Lila Downs Sánchez
Lila Downs
0.3 Popularity
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
6.0
Self
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
2023
🎬
2.0
Narrator (voice)
Santuarios del Infinito
2023
5.5
Self
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023
8.5
Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
2022
0.0
Self
Tengo un Sueño 2022
2022
0.0
Self
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
2022
0.0
Self
Léemelo
2022
0.0
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
7.5
Self - Performer
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021
6.6
Nana Petra (voice)
Xico's Journey
2020
Credits
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
as Self
2023
6.0
🎬
Santuarios del Infinito
as Narrator (voice)
2023
2.0
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
as Self
2023
5.5
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
as Lila Downs
2022
8.5
Tengo un Sueño 2022
as Self
2022
0.0
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
as Self
2022
0.0
Léemelo
as Self
2022
0.0
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2021
0.0
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
as Self - Performer
2021
7.5
Xico's Journey
as Nana Petra (voice)
2020
6.6
Canto a La Memoria
as Lila Downs
2020
8.0
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
as Herself
2020
8.0
The Song of Fried Chile
as Lila Downs
2019
7.0
Así sembramos nuestra agua
as Narrador
2019
6.5
La hora musa
as Self
2018
6.5
La más draga
as Lila Downs
2018
5.3
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
as Lila Downs
2017
0.0
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
as Lila Downs
2015
9.0
The Nightingale and the Night. Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
as Herself
2015
7.3
Matria
as Herself
2014
0.0
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
as Herself
2014
7.0
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
as Self
2014
6.2
River of Fundament
as Ranchera Singer
2014
6.2
River of Fundament
as Priest / REN Manager
2014
6.2
La Mezcladora
2013
2.0
Deseo
as Lila Downs
2013
6.6
Mariachi Gringo
as Sophia
2012
6.5
Made in Mexico
as Self
2012
6.1
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
as Lila Downs
2012
9.0
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
as Lila Downs
2012
7.7
Crossing the Desert
as Cantante
2012
4.4
🎬
Músicos de Latinoamérica
as Self
2011
0.0
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
as Self
2010
8.0
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
as Lila Downs
2009
8.0
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
as Mamá
2008
7.3
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self
2008
7.8
Fados
as Self
2007
7.0
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
as Lila Downs
2007
8.5
🎬
12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
as Self
2007
5.0
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
as Herself - Performer
2007
4.0
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
as Frida Kahlo (voice)
2005
6.2
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
as Lila Downs
2005
7.0
En mi país
as Lila Downs
2004
9.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Emmys segment
2003
5.5
Fuego
as Woman
2003
7.0
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self
2002
6.0
Frida
as Tango Singer
2002
7.4
Latin Grammy Awards
as Self
2000
7.0
Corazón Oaxaqueño
as Lila Downs
2000
0.0
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
as Self
1997
5.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0