Actress given to sin welcomed to cathedral city (5,5)

'actress' is the definition.
(Ellen Terry was a 19th-century actress)

'given to sin welcomed to cathedral city' is the wordplay.
'given' becomes 'lent' (lending is a kind of giving).
'to sin' becomes 'err' (to sin is to err morally).
'welcomed to' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed inside).
'cathedral city' becomes 'ely' (English city with a cathedral).
'lent'+'err'='lenterr'
'lenterr' inserted into 'ely' is 'ELLEN TERRY'.