Answers revealed in the comments.
GAME 1
What two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress has also directed a number of films, including Little Man Tate, Home for the Holidays, The Beaver, and Money Monster?
GAME 2
What series that ran in the U.S. on Nickelodeon from 1992-1996, and again from 1999-2000, had episode titles that began with the words “The Tale of”?
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Game one answer:
Jodie Foster
GAME 2 answer:
Are You Afraid of the Dark?