On April 7, 1975, Heather Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. Exactly 11 years later, Choi Si Won, who is professionally known as Siwon, was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Aside from having the same birthday, Burns and Siwon are both celebrities with tertiary education. The former graduated from Tisch School of the Arts of New York University while the latter graduated from Inha University.
One of the most memorable film roles Burns played is Miss Rhode Islands Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film "Miss Congeniality." She reprised the role in the sequel "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" with Sandra Bullock, reprised her role as Gracie Hart.
Most recently, Burns starred in the 2016 film "Manchester by the Sea." The drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan earned Casey Affleck his first Academy Award and Lucas Hedges and Michelle Williams' Oscar nominations.
"Manchester by the Sea" marked Burns' return to the big screen. The last film she starred in prior to it was the 2012 film "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas."
On the small screen, Burns played the main role Leah in "Bored to Death" from 2009 to 2011. She also played Jenna Derring in "Save Me" in 2012, Chloe Butler in "Elementary" in 2013 and Sister Mary in "Blue Bloods" in 2014.
On the other hand, the most recent TV show Siwon appeared in was "Dramaworld." He made a cameo appearance as himself in the 2016 comedy drama series starring Justin Chon, Liv Hewson and Sean Dulake.
Siwon is set to star in "Billion Dollar Heir." He will play Yue Xi Wang in the upcoming series.
On the big screen, he appeared in three films in 2015. He starred with Eddie Peng, Shawn Dou and Wang Luodan in "To the Fore," with Jacky Cehung in "Helios" and with Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Lin Peng and Mika Wang in "Dragon Blade."
As a singer, Siwon is one of the members of the K-Pop boy band Super Junior. Here is an interview with the "Dragon Blade" star: