Learn Italian: L'attrice ricorda di studiare il copione. - The actress remembers to study the script.

In Italian, when certain verbs are followed by another action (an infinitive verb), they need a connecting preposition like di or a. The verb ricordare (to remember) is one of the verbs that requires di before the next verb. So, 'to remember to do something' is always ricordare di fare qualcosa.

Could I use the reflexive verb si ricorda instead of just ricorda?

Yes, you can! In Italian, the verbs ricordare and ricordarsi are practically interchangeable when they mean 'to remember'. You could say L'attrice si ricorda di studiare il copione and it would mean the exact same thing. Both versions require the preposition di before the following verb.

Attrice is 'actress'. What would the word be for a male actor?

The masculine form is attore. In Italian, professions that end in -tore for a man usually change to -trice for a woman (like scrittore and scrittrice for a writer). Because both attore and attrice start with a vowel, they both use l' for 'the'.

Since copione ends in -e, how do I know if it is masculine or feminine?