Cast & creator
Lila Downs
Best known for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NPR Tiny Desk Concerts, The Oscars
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.
Also known as: Ana Lila Downs Sánchez
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film credits
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television credits
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1953–2023 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (58)
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Emmys Segment
2003
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Self
2008
The Oscars
Self
1953
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Self
1997
Deseo
Lila Downs
2013
Latin Grammy Awards
Self
2000
La Mezcladora
2013
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Frida
Tango Singer
2002
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
Self
2023
La Más Draga
Lila Downs
2018
La Civil
Songs
2021
Xico's Journey
Nana Petra (voice)
2020
Léemelo
Self
2022
La hora musa
Self
2018Músicos de Latinoamérica
Self
2011
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
2021
River of Fundament
Ranchera Singer
2014River of Fundament
Priest / REN Manager
2014
Matria
Herself
2014Matria
Music
2014
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
Lila Downs
2007Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
Producer
2007Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
Music
2007
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
Self - Performer
2021
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Self
2014
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
Lila Downs
2015Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
Music
2015
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
Lila Downs
2022
Made in Mexico
Self
2012
Mariachi Gringo
Sophia
2012
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
Lila Downs
2012
Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros
Lila Downs
2012
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
Self
2022
De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar
Mamá
2008
Crossing the Desert
Cantante
2012
Hasta el último trago... Corazón
Lila Downs
2005
The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo (voice)
2005
Tengo un Sueño 2022
Self
2022
Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP
Self
2010
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
Herself
2014
En mi país
Self
2004
Canto a La Memoria
Lila Downs
2020
A Thousand Pines
Music
2023
Así sembramos nuestra agua
Narrador
2019
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
Herself
2015
Fados
Self
2007Santuarios del Infinito
Narrator (voice)
202312 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai
Self
2007
The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs
Lila Downs
2009
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
Lila Downs
2017
The Song of Fried Chile
Lila Downs
2019
The hypocrisy of Desire
Music
2007
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
Self
2023
¡Pedro Infante... Vive!
Herself - Performer
2007
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
Herself
2020
Corazón Oaxaqueño
Lila Downs
2000
Fuego
Woman
2003