Stacey Anne Farber was born on August 25, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is best known for playing Eleanor "Ellie" Nash in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation that airs on CTV in Canada and on The N in the US. Her hair color is red and she has green eyes. She has one sister named Lindsay Farber.

She doesn't have a specific type of favorite music, some singers that she enjoys listening to are Britney Spears, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. Stacy likes swimming, dancing, snowboarding, and in her spare time she enjoys going to the movie thearter. When asked in 2004 where she hoped to be 10 years, at age 27, she stated that she would like to be happily married.