Jennie Yeamans (1862 – 28 November 1906), born Eugenia Marguerite Yeamans, was a child actress and singer popular in the 1870s and 1880s, and later a famous adult singer and actress.
 She was the younger sister of early silent film character actress Lydia Yeamans Titus and had another sister, Emily Yeamans, who died young.
 Of the three sisters, Jennie was the most famous and successful right up to her death.
 Their mother was Annie Yeamans (1835 – 1912), a well known character actress in the Victorian era stage.
 Her father was Edward Yeamans, a circus clown.
 The Yeamans family came from Australia and toured China, Japan and Java in traveling shows before arriving in San Francisco in 1865.
 After arriving in America, Edward Yeamans died in 1866 or '68.
Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author.
 She is best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted", Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama "Shameless", and Yvonne Cotton in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".
Carmel McSharry (born 1925, Dublin) is an Irish character actress, best known for her roles as Beryl Humphries in "Beryl's Lot" (1973–77), a daytime ITV serial, and as Mrs. Hollingbery in "In Sickness and in Health".
 She also played bit parts in "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961), "80,000 Suspects" (1963) and "The Leather Boys" (1964).
Shameless is a British adult comedy-drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate.
 Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the series aired from 13 January 2004 to 28 May 2013.
 The comedy drama, centred on British working class culture, was accorded critical acclaim by various sections of the British media, including "The Sun" newspaper and "Newsnight Review" on BBC Two.
 The programme was created and partially written by Paul Abbott, who is also the programme's executive producer.
 In 2005, the show won "Best Drama Series" at the BAFTA TV Awards and "Best TV Comedy Drama" at the British Comedy Awards.
 The network Showtime adapted the series into its own American version, which debuted in 2011.
Elizabeth "Libby" Fox (initially known as Squiggle) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders", played by Belinda Owusu.
 She made her first appearance on 22 May 2006 and left in 2010.
 She is the daughter of Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Owen Turner (Lee Ross), and half-sister of Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin).
 The Fox family were introduced by executive producer Kate Harwood.
 The character of Libby was featured in a prominent storyline in 2006, when her father, Owen, attempted to murder her.
 The character has since cultivated a relationship with her peer Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins).
 She is portrayed as intelligent and competitive.
 The character was axed in April 2010 and her departure episode was broadcast on 5 August 2010.
 Libby returned in April 2014 for Lucy Beale's (Hetti Bywater) funeral.
 She has made various guest appearances since, with the most recent being from 24 December 2016 until 31 January 2017.
A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role, "travesti" or "Hosenrolle") is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing.
 Breeches ( , also "britches"), tight-fitting knee-length pants, were the standard male garment at the time breeches roles were introduced.
Age of Consent (also known as Norman Lindsay's Age of Consent) is a 1969 Australian film which was the penultimate feature film directed by British director Michael Powell.
 The romantic comedy-drama stars James Mason (co-producer with Powell), Helen Mirren in her first major film role, and Irish character actor Jack MacGowran and features actress Neva Carr Glyn.
 The screenplay by Peter Yeldham was adapted from the 1935 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Norman Lindsay, who died the year this film was released.
 Lindsay is also portrayed (in this case, by name) in the 1994 film "Sirens", starring Hugh Grant, Sam Neill, and Elle Macpherson.
Cigfa ferch Gwyn Glohoyw (Middle Welsh: "Kigua") is a minor character in Welsh mythology, the wife of King Pryderi of Dyfed.
 She is mentioned briefly in the First Branch of the "Mabinogi", and appears more prominently in the third.
 Describing the character, Proinsias Mac Cana writes: "Cigfa strikes one as a slight though effective vignette of a contemporary bourgeois snob while William John Gruffydd hypothesises that the character was a later addition to the tale."
 John Rhys suggested a connection between Cigfa and the Irish character "Ciochba".
Valerie Lilley (born 14 April 1939) is a Northern Irish actress who has played many television roles on dramas such as "Doctors" and "Grange Hill".
 Lilley most recently appeared on Channel 4's comedy drama "Shameless" portraying Patty Croker.
Dorothy "Dot" Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders", played by June Brown since 1985.
 Dot first appeared in "EastEnders" in July 1985 as the mother of criminal Nick Cotton (John Altman).
 The character has worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard).
 Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993.
 In reality, Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the axing of her co star Peter Dean, who played Pete Beale from the shows first episode to early 1993.
 Brown returned to the role in 1997, and Dot was shown moving back to Albert Square, and has continued since that time.
 On 28 April 2017, Dot overtook Pat Butcher (Pam St. Clement) as the second longest-serving character in "EastEnders", surpassed only by original character Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt).
 In a special episode entitled "EastEnders: Dot's Story" (2003) a young Dot was played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in flashbacks.
 In April 2012, Brown took a six-month break from the show to write her memoirs.
 Dot temporarily departed on 18 May 2012.
 She returned on 14 January 2013.
 In February 2015, Dot began appearing less frequently due to Brown gradually losing her eyesight; this aspect of her life was later written into her character the following year.
 In January 2016, it was announced that Brown had renewed her contract with the BBC until March 2017.
 Brown is now the oldest soap opera actress in Britain.
 In January 2017 it was reported that the BBC were offering Brown £300,000 for a one-year contract.

Question: Irish character actress appears the British adult comedy-drama dries Shameless as Libby Croker and as what character in the "EastEnders"?
Answer: Yvonne Cotton