Danielle Colby Biography

Danielle Colby is an American reality television personality who co-stars on the History reality television show American Pickers.

She owned and participated in a female roller derby team, the Big Mouth Mickies, for three years until injuries forced her to give it up.

Danielle Colby Age

She was born on 3 December 1975 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. She is 47 years old as of 2022.

Danielle Colby Height

Colby stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Danielle Colby Family

Danielle was born in Davenport, Iowa, and raised by her mother, Sue Colby, as a Jehovah’s Witness.

Danielle Colby Husband

Colby has been married twice. She is married to Alexandre De Meyer, a French graphic designer, and artist, The couple tied the knot on February 14, 2015.

She was previously married to Kevin Colby in 2004. Her television career eventually led to the breakup of her marriage. In May 2012, Colby told WQAD-TV that “fame and notoriety are not easy for him to deal with at all, so the relationship ended up not working out”.

Danielle Colby Kids

Danielle has two children from her first marriage with Kevin Colby,

Danielle Colby Net worth

She has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million which she has earned through her dancing career, reality television shows, and her magnificent boutique.

Danielle Colby Burlesque

While living with her family in Chicago, Colby attended a burlesque performance starring dancer Satan’s Angel and comedian Margaret Cho.

This prompted in her a desire to become a burlesque dancer; and after she moved back with her family to the Quad Cities area of Iowa, Colby created the professional burlesque troupe Burlesque Le Moustache, with nine performers, including Colby herself under the stage name Dannie Diesel, touring eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

As of October 2014, Colby owned a burlesque academy called Dannie Diesel’s Bump ‘n’ Grind Academy in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.

American Pickers Danielle Colby

Danielle Colby had been a close friend of Mike Wolfe for a decade before the concept of the show had even been developed.

Once the show was sold to the History Channel, Wolfe asked Colby to work at the office of the antique shop Antique Archaeology.

American Pickers premiered on History, formerly known as the History Channel, on January 18, 2010.

As of September 8, 2010, it was the top rated non-fiction series of 2010 among total viewers and adults 25-54.

Danielle Colby Fashion design

Colby owned and operated 4 Miles 2 Memphis, a retro clothing based company. On January 8, 2013, a brick and mortar location opened in the Wicker Park area of Chicago however closed within a year.

Danielle Colby Tragic Accident/ Health

Danielle revealed that she is suffering from “incredibly painful” uterine fibroids and she had hysterectomy appoitments scheduled.