diff --git a/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py b/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
index fb9503dc72..bec7b5ff0e 100644
--- a/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
@@ -239,6 +239,38 @@ def json_extract(
     return series._apply_unary_op(ops.JSONExtract(json_path=json_path))
 
 
+def json_extract_array(
+    series: series.Series,
+    json_path: str = "$",
+) -> series.Series:
+    """Extracts a JSON array and converts it to a SQL array of JSON-formatted `STRING` or `JSON`
+    values. This function uses single quotes and brackets to escape invalid JSONPath
+    characters in JSON keys.
+
+    **Examples:**
+
+        >>> import bigframes.pandas as bpd
+        >>> import bigframes.bigquery as bbq
+        >>> bpd.options.display.progress_bar = None
+
+        >>> s = bpd.Series(['[1, 2, 3]', '[4, 5]'])
+        >>> bbq.json_extract_array(s)
+        0    ['1' '2' '3']
+        1        ['4' '5']
+        dtype: list<item: string>[pyarrow]
+
+    Args:
+        series (bigframes.series.Series):
+            The Series containing JSON data (as native JSON objects or JSON-formatted strings).
+        json_path (str):
+            The JSON path identifying the data that you want to obtain from the input.
+
+    Returns:
+        bigframes.series.Series: A new Series with the JSON or JSON-formatted STRING.
+    """
+    return series._apply_unary_op(ops.JSONExtractArray(json_path=json_path))
+
+
 # Search functions defined from
 # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/search_functions
 
diff --git a/bigframes/core/compile/scalar_op_compiler.py b/bigframes/core/compile/scalar_op_compiler.py
index 4818d3ca76..86501214ad 100644
--- a/bigframes/core/compile/scalar_op_compiler.py
+++ b/bigframes/core/compile/scalar_op_compiler.py
@@ -947,6 +947,11 @@ def json_extract_op_impl(x: ibis_types.Value, op: ops.JSONExtract):
     return json_extract(json_obj=x, json_path=op.json_path)
 
 
+@scalar_op_compiler.register_unary_op(ops.JSONExtractArray, pass_op=True)
+def json_extract_array_op_impl(x: ibis_types.Value, op: ops.JSONExtractArray):
+    return json_extract_array(json_obj=x, json_path=op.json_path)
+
+
 ### Binary Ops
 def short_circuit_nulls(type_override: typing.Optional[ibis_dtypes.DataType] = None):
     """Wraps a binary operator to generate nulls of the expected type if either input is a null scalar."""
@@ -1581,6 +1586,13 @@ def json_extract(
     """Extracts a JSON value and converts it to a SQL JSON-formatted STRING or JSON value."""
 
 
+@ibis.udf.scalar.builtin(name="json_extract_array")
+def json_extract_array(
+    json_obj: ibis_dtypes.JSON, json_path: ibis_dtypes.str
+) -> ibis_dtypes.Array[ibis_dtypes.String]:
+    """Extracts a JSON array and converts it to a SQL ARRAY of JSON-formatted STRINGs or JSON values."""
+
+
 @ibis.udf.scalar.builtin(name="ML.DISTANCE")
 def vector_distance(vector1, vector2, type: str) -> ibis_dtypes.Float64:
     """Computes the distance between two vectors using specified type ("EUCLIDEAN", "MANHATTAN", or "COSINE")"""
diff --git a/bigframes/operations/__init__.py b/bigframes/operations/__init__.py
index fb333d7a53..cd9e70819e 100644
--- a/bigframes/operations/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/operations/__init__.py
@@ -652,6 +652,23 @@ def output_type(self, *input_types):
         return input_type
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class JSONExtractArray(UnaryOp):
+    name: typing.ClassVar[str] = "json_extract_array"
+    json_path: str
+
+    def output_type(self, *input_types):
+        input_type = input_types[0]
+        if not dtypes.is_json_like(input_type):
+            raise TypeError(
+                "Input type must be an valid JSON object or JSON-formatted string type."
+                + f" Received type: {input_type}"
+            )
+        return pd.ArrowDtype(
+            pa.list_(dtypes.bigframes_dtype_to_arrow_dtype(dtypes.STRING_DTYPE))
+        )
+
+
 # Binary Ops
 fillna_op = create_binary_op(name="fillna", type_signature=op_typing.COERCE)
 maximum_op = create_binary_op(name="maximum", type_signature=op_typing.COERCE)
diff --git a/tests/system/small/bigquery/test_json.py b/tests/system/small/bigquery/test_json.py
index 18ccadd9f5..68356f4a15 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/bigquery/test_json.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/bigquery/test_json.py
@@ -139,3 +139,28 @@ def test_json_extract_from_string():
 def test_json_extract_w_invalid_series_type():
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         bbq.json_extract(bpd.Series([1, 2]), "$.a")
+
+
+def test_json_extract_array_from_json_strings():
+    s = bpd.Series(['{"a": [1, 2, 3]}', '{"a": []}', '{"a": [4,5]}'])
+    actual = bbq.json_extract_array(s, "$.a")
+    expected = bpd.Series([["1", "2", "3"], [], ["4", "5"]])
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(
+        actual.to_pandas(),
+        expected.to_pandas(),
+    )
+
+
+def test_json_extract_array_from_array_strings():
+    s = bpd.Series(["[1, 2, 3]", "[]", "[4,5]"])
+    actual = bbq.json_extract_array(s)
+    expected = bpd.Series([["1", "2", "3"], [], ["4", "5"]])
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(
+        actual.to_pandas(),
+        expected.to_pandas(),
+    )
+
+
+def test_json_extract_array_w_invalid_series_type():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        bbq.json_extract_array(bpd.Series([1, 2]))