Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lila Downs
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 40Series: 11Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 991946
IMDb ID: nm1105038
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1968
Age: 58
Place of birth: Oaxaca, Mexico
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2023
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
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
Movie credits linked with Lila Downs.
Trece Cielos: Una Noche para Ponernos al Día
as Self
2023 Movie
A Thousand Pines
Music
2023 Movie
Santuarios del Infinito
as Narrator (voice)
2023 Movie
Lila Downs - Desde Bellas Artes México
as Lila Downs
2022 Movie
Tengo un Sueño 2022
as Self
2022 Movie
Lila Downs en el #50FIC
as Self
2022 Movie
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
as Self
2021 Movie
La Civil
Songs
2021 Movie
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
as Self - Performer
2021 Movie
Xico's Journey
as Nana Petra (voice)
2020 Movie
Canto a La Memoria
as Lila Downs
2020 Movie
El Grito: Lila Downs at the Macedonio Alcalá Theater, with the Alejandro Díaz Orchestra and the Costumbrista Dance Company
as Herself
2020 Movie
The Song of Fried Chile
as Lila Downs
2019 Movie
Así sembramos nuestra agua
as Narrador
2019 Movie
La Sonora Santanera - La Fiesta Continúa
as Lila Downs
2017 Movie
Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate
as Lila Downs
2015 Movie
The Nightingale and the Night: Chavela Vargas sings Lorca.
as Herself
2015 Movie
Matria
as Herself
2014 Movie
La UNAM por México: 85 Años de Autonomía Universitaria
as Herself
2014 Movie
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
as Self
2014 Movie
River of Fundament
as Ranchera Singer
2014 Movie
Deseo
as Lila Downs
2013 Movie
Mariachi Gringo
as Sophia
2012 Movie
Made in Mexico
as Self
2012 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Lila Downs.
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
Léemelo
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
La hora musa
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
La Más Draga
as Lila Downs • 1 eps
2018 Series
La Mezcladora
2 eps
2013 Series
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Emmys Segment • 1 eps
2003 Series
Las Lunas del Auditorio
as Self • 4 eps
2002 Series
Latin Grammy Awards
as Self • 3 eps
2000 Series
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
as Self • 2 eps
1997 Series
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series