diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
index 9c600c9d39cf7..69e5885db405e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/complexTypeExtractors.scala
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ object ExtractValue {
         GetArrayStructFields(child, fields(ordinal).copy(name = fieldName),
           ordinal, fields.length, containsNull)
 
+      case (ExtractNestedArray(StructType(fields), containsNull, containsNullSeq),
+      NonNullLiteral(v, StringType)) =>
+       child match {
+          case ExtractGetArrayStructField(_, num) if num == containsNullSeq.size =>
+            val fieldName = v.toString
+            val ordinal = findField(fields, fieldName, resolver)
+            val row = (0 until num).foldRight(child) { (_, e) =>
+              GetArrayItem(e, Literal(0))
+            }
+            val innerArray = GetArrayStructFields(row, fields(ordinal).copy(name = fieldName),
+              ordinal, fields.length, containsNull)
+            containsNullSeq.foldRight(innerArray: Expression) { (_, expr) =>
+               new CreateArray(Seq(expr))
+            }
+          case _ => GetArrayItem(child, extraction)
+        }
+
       case (_: ArrayType, _) => GetArrayItem(child, extraction)
 
       case (MapType(kt, _, _), _) => GetMapValue(child, extraction)
@@ -95,6 +112,50 @@ object ExtractValue {
 
 trait ExtractValue extends Expression
 
+object ExtractNestedArray {
+
+  type ReturnType = Option[(DataType, Boolean, Seq[Boolean])]
+
+  def unapply(dataType: DataType): ReturnType = {
+     extractArrayType(dataType)
+  }
+
+  def extractArrayType(dataType: DataType): ReturnType = {
+    dataType match {
+      case ArrayType(dt, containsNull) =>
+        extractArrayType(dt) match {
+          case Some((d, cn, seq)) => Some(d, cn, containsNull +: seq)
+          case None => Some(dt, containsNull, Seq.empty[Boolean])
+        }
+      case _ => None
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract GetArrayStructField from Expression
+ */
+object ExtractGetArrayStructField {
+
+  type ReturnType = Option[(Expression, Int)]
+
+  def unapply(expr: Expression): ReturnType = {
+    extractArrayStruct(expr)
+  }
+
+  def extractArrayStruct(expr: Expression): ReturnType = {
+    expr match {
+      case gas @ GetArrayStructFields(child, _, _, _, _) =>
+        extractArrayStruct(child) match {
+          case Some((e, deep)) => Some(e, deep + 1)
+          case None => Some(child, 1)
+        }
+      case _ => None
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Returns the value of fields in the Struct `child`.
  *
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/SelectedFieldSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/SelectedFieldSuite.scala
index 3c826e812b5cc..084259c92a409 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/SelectedFieldSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/SelectedFieldSuite.scala
@@ -378,12 +378,6 @@ class SelectedFieldSuite extends AnalysisTest {
         StructField("subfield1", IntegerType, nullable = false) :: Nil)) :: Nil)))
   }
 
-  testSelect(arrayWithMultipleFields, "col7.field3.subfield1") {
-    StructField("col7", ArrayType(StructType(
-      StructField("field3", ArrayType(StructType(
-        StructField("subfield1", IntegerType, nullable = false) :: Nil))) :: Nil)))
-  }
-
   // Array with a nested int array
   //  |-- col1: string (nullable = false)
   //  |-- col8: array (nullable = true)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index a219b91627b2b..5c62880f57b61 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import java.net.{MalformedURLException, URL}
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
+
 import org.apache.spark.{AccumulatorSuite, SparkException}
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerJobStart}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GenericRow
@@ -3521,6 +3523,25 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
             |""".stripMargin), Row(1))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-32002: Support Extract value from nested ArrayStruct") {
+    withTempView("rows") {
+      val df = spark.read
+        .json(Seq(
+          """{"a": [{"b": [{"c": [1,2]}]}]}""",
+          """{"a": [{"b": [{"c": [1]}, {"c": [2]}]}]}""",
+          """{"a":[{}]}""").toDS())
+      df.createOrReplaceTempView("nest")
+
+      checkAnswer(sql(
+        """
+          |SELECT a.b.c FROM nest
+        """.stripMargin),
+        Row(ArrayBuffer(ArrayBuffer(ArrayBuffer(1, 2)))) ::
+          Row(ArrayBuffer(ArrayBuffer(ArrayBuffer(1), ArrayBuffer(2)))) ::
+          Row(ArrayBuffer(null)) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class Foo(bar: Option[String])