From the Magazine Digital Covers Backstreet Boys, Who? 'Carmen Sandiego' 's Gina Rodriguez Says She Was All About 'NSYNC in the '90s The Golden Globe winner opens up about her '90s must-haves in a new Netflix video By Melody Chiu Melody Chiu Melody Chiu is an Executive Editor at PEOPLE overseeing music, events and emerging content. She has been with the brand since 2009, editing, writing and reporting across all entertainment verticals. She has written cover stories on Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Melissa McCarthy, Blake Shelton, Jordan Turpin and Sandra Oh. The Los Angeles native graduated from the University of Southern California and has appeared on Extra!, The Talk, Access Hollywood and Good Morning America. People Editorial Guidelines and Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez is the Editor in Chief/General Manager of Entertainment Weekly. Formerly at People magazine and The A.V. Club, the Critics Choice and Television Critics Association member has appeared on 'Today,' 'Extra!,' 'Access Hollywood,' 'E! News,' 'CNN,' and 'Nightline,' and can be seen frequently on 'Good Morning America.' Follow the Texas Native at @PatrickGomezLA wherever your media is social for all things 'For All Mankind' 'Top Chef,' and puppy related. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 22, 2019 01:23PM EST Gina Rodriguez might be ‘NSYNC‘s biggest fan. In a new Netflix video, the actress — who voices Carmen in the streaming giant’s reboot of Carmen Sandiego — opens up about her ’90s must-haves. One recurring trend? Her love for the boy band. “Come on, y’all! ‘NSYNC, man,” she responded when asked whether she preferred BSB or ‘NSYNC. “I actually went to an ‘NSYNC concert and got to do a meet and greet!” Rodriguez, 34, revealed the band was also her childhood crush — and their album was the first CD she ever purchased. Gina Rodriguez to Voice Carmen Sandiego in Netflix Animated Reboot Growing up in northeast Chicago, the star recently told Entertainment Weekly she loved playing the 1980s Carmen Sandiego computer games on her family’s “big-ass Dell” and watching the ’90s game shows and series. “My parents are super into education, so learning about geography was great,” said the Golden Globe winner. “And then for her to be Latina — and voiced [on the series] by Rita Moreno, my queen — it made such an imprint on me.” Amanda Edwards/WireImage In the Netflix reboot, Carmen now has an “origin story,” says Rodriguez. “It’s just lovely to revive that character but also put her in the context of a multi-dimensional, complex woman which we need to see more vision of, you know. We need to see versions of that.” RELATED VIDEO: Gina Rodriguez Reveals Why She Won’t Be Posting About Her Wedding to Joe Locicero on Social Media Rodriguez — who is also slated to star in a live-action Carmen Sandiego film for Netflix as well as help launch a book series based on the new version of Carmen — hopes the show will help educate young viewers as she was educated by former versions of the character. “I think adults will enjoy the nostalgia, and it really does play out like a fun spy show,” she says. “But I’m most excited to binge this with my nieces and nephews — I feel blessed that we get to bring Carmen to the next generation.”