Danielle Colby-Cushman

Danielle Colby (born December 3, 1975) is an American reality television personality who appears on the History reality television show American Pickers.

Personal life Danielle Colby was born in Davenport, Iowa which is on the Mississippi River and grew up as a Jehovah's Witness.

Performance career Colby owned and played on a female roller derby team, the Big Mouth Mickies, for three years until injuries forced her to give it up.

While living with her family in Chicago, she attended a burlesque performance starring comedian Margaret Cho and dancer Satan's Angel prompting her to become a burlesque dancer. After she moved back with her family to the Quad Cities area of Iowa, They toured 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 which is by Evanston.

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

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

Fashion design Colby owned and operated 4 Miles 2 Memphis, a retro clothing based company. A brick and mortar location for the business opened on January 8, 2013 in the Wicker Park area of Chicago east of Oak Park; however, it closed within a year.