Having put time into minor role, becomes woke (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
came to
'minor role becomes woke' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'having put time into' is the wordplay.
'having put' becomes 'cameo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'cameo' going around 't' is 'CAME TO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for came to that I've seen before include "In the main, stopped" , "Reached" .)