Lila Downs

Known for ActingBorn 1968-09-09 (age 58)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate

Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)

Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México

Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada

El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company

Canto a La Memoria

La Civil

Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en París - Live à FIP

The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs

En mi país

The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.

Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros

Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music

Hasta el último trago... Corazón

Frida

De Cómo Los Niños Pueden Volar

Las Lunas del Auditorio

The Song of Fried Chile

Matria

La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

Fados

Fuego

Latin Grammy Awards

Xico's Journey

Así sembramos nuestra agua

La hora musa

The Oscars

Deseo

Mariachi Gringo

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

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

Made in Mexico

Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día

River of Fundament

Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados

La Más Draga

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

12 Girls Band - Live from Shanghai

Crossing the Desert

¡Pedro Infante... Vive!

Santuarios del Infinito

La Mezcladora

A Thousand Pines

Lila Downs en el #50FIC

Tengo un Sueño 2022

Léemelo