Acting credits
48
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lila Downs
Acting
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Movies: 40Series: 11Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 991946
IMDb ID: nm1105038
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1968
Age: 57
Place of birth: Oaxaca, Mexico
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2023
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q23880
Also known as
Ana Lila Downs Sánchez
Other jobs
Music (4)Producer (1)Songs (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Lila Downs.
as Self
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
2023 • Movie
Music
A Thousand Pines
2023 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Santuarios del Infinito
2023 • Movie
as Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
2022 • Movie
as Self
Tengo un Sueño 2022
2022 • Movie
as Self
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
2022 • Movie
as Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021 • Movie
Songs
La Civil
2021 • Movie
as Self - Performer
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021 • Movie
as Nana Petra (voice)
Xico's Journey
2020 • Movie
as Lila Downs
Canto a La Memoria
2020 • Movie
as Herself
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
2020 • Movie
as Lila Downs
The Song of Fried Chile
2019 • Movie
as Narrador
Así sembramos nuestra agua
2019 • Movie
as Lila Downs
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
2017 • Movie
as Lila Downs
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
2015 • Movie
as Herself
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
2015 • Movie
as Herself
Matria
2014 • Movie
as Herself
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
2014 • Movie
as Self
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014 • Movie
as Ranchera Singer
River of Fundament
2014 • Movie
as Lila Downs
Deseo
2013 • Movie
as Sophia
Mariachi Gringo
2012 • Movie
as Self
Made in Mexico
2012 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lila Downs.
as Self • 1 eps
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Léemelo
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
La hora musa
2018 • Series
as Lila Downs • 1 eps
La Más Draga
2018 • Series
2 eps
La Mezcladora
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008 • Series
as Self - Emmys Segment • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Latin Grammy Awards
2000 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Oscars
1953 • Series