Carey Mulligan is living an "incredible dream".

Carey Mulligan is torn between three suitors in the period romance Far from the Madding Crowd, high school students are terrorised by an online bully in Unfriended and the end of the world beckons in the computer-animated adventure Two By Two: Oops … The Ark is Gone.

Carey Mulligan’s role in a Hardy adaptation marks the latest step up the ladder for the talented actress, writes Susan Griffin