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Katie Finneran: Million-Dollar Diamond Gal

Katie Finneran arrives at the 61st Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) Peter Kramer

NEW YORK (CBS) Actress Katie Finneran said she was "wearing about a million dollars worth of diamonds" from Fred Leighton for the ceremony at which she won a Tony Award on Sunday night.

In the press room, Finneran, who took home the award for best featured actress in a musical, credited Angela Lansbury as one of the reasons she got into theater and said hearing her speak before the award was given out was "emotional."

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She also said she and co-stars Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth "have laughs every day" at performances of their musical "Promises, Promises."

Will anything change now that she is a Tony winner? Well, she said, maybe she might get more kisses from the chorus boys.

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