diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table.tsx b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table.tsx
index fee6c72f846bd..91dd4fdcba0d2 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-unified-data-table/src/components/data_table.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import type { DocViewFilterFn } from '@kbn/unified-doc-viewer/types';
 import { AdditionalFieldGroups } from '@kbn/unified-field-list';
 import { useDataGridInTableSearch } from '@kbn/data-grid-in-table-search';
 import { useThrottleFn } from '@kbn/react-hooks';
+import { getDataViewFieldOrCreateFromColumnMeta } from '@kbn/data-view-utils';
 import { DATA_GRID_DENSITY_STYLE_MAP, useDataGridDensity } from '../hooks/use_data_grid_density';
 import {
   UnifiedDataTableSettings,
@@ -819,21 +820,28 @@ export const UnifiedDataTable = ({
     [displayedRows]
   );
 
-  const cellActionsFields = useMemo<UseDataGridColumnsCellActionsProps['fields']>(
-    () =>
-      cellActionsTriggerId
-        ? visibleColumns.map(
-            (columnName) =>
-              dataView.getFieldByName(columnName)?.toSpec() ?? {
-                name: '',
-                type: '',
-                aggregatable: false,
-                searchable: false,
-              }
-          )
-        : undefined,
-    [cellActionsTriggerId, visibleColumns, dataView]
-  );
+  const cellActionsFields = useMemo<UseDataGridColumnsCellActionsProps['fields']>(() => {
+    if (!cellActionsTriggerId) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    return visibleColumns.map((columnName) => {
+      const field = getDataViewFieldOrCreateFromColumnMeta({
+        dataView,
+        fieldName: columnName,
+        columnMeta: columnsMeta?.[columnName],
+      });
+      return (
+        field?.toSpec() ?? {
+          name: '',
+          type: '',
+          aggregatable: false,
+          searchable: false,
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  }, [cellActionsTriggerId, visibleColumns, dataView, columnsMeta]);
+
   const allCellActionsMetadata = useMemo(
     () => ({ dataViewId: dataView.id, ...(cellActionsMetadata ?? {}) }),
     [dataView, cellActionsMetadata]
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.test.tsx b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.test.tsx
index df96e4ee57a37..1bb790ad0d76d 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.test.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.test.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
   type DiscoverCellActionExecutionContext,
 } from '../types';
 import { createContextAwarenessMocks } from '../__mocks__';
-import { DataViewField } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 
 let mockUuid = 0;
 
@@ -237,12 +236,12 @@ describe('createCellAction', () => {
         ...context,
         data: [
           {
-            field: new DataViewField({
-              name: 'test',
-              type: 'string',
-              aggregatable: true,
-              searchable: true,
-            }),
+            field: {
+              name: '',
+              type: '',
+              aggregatable: false,
+              searchable: false,
+            },
           },
         ],
         metadata: { instanceId: 'test', dataView: dataViewWithTimefieldMock },
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.ts
index e2f1a62cafdbb..add5298640888 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/public/context_awareness/hooks/use_additional_cell_actions.ts
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ export const createCellAction = (
         return false;
       }
 
-      const field = data[0]?.field;
+      const fieldSpec = data[0]?.field;
+      const field = fieldSpec?.name ? metadata.dataView?.fields.create(fieldSpec) : undefined;
 
-      if (!field || !metadata.dataView?.getFieldByName(field.name)) {
+      if (!field) {
         return false;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
index 18536bb9738c4..a263c4a95e239 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await checkAlert('Another example data source action executed');
       });
 
+      it('should render additional cell actions for computed columns', async () => {
+        const state = kbnRison.encode({
+          dataSource: { type: 'esql' },
+          query: {
+            esql: 'from my-example-logs | sort @timestamp desc | eval foo = "bar"',
+          },
+          columns: ['foo'],
+        });
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToActualUrl('discover', `?_a=${state}`, {
+          ensureCurrentUrl: false,
+        });
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await PageObjects.discover.waitUntilSearchingHasFinished();
+        await dataGrid.clickCellExpandButton(0, { columnName: 'foo' });
+        await dataGrid.clickCellExpandPopoverAction('example-data-source-action');
+        await checkAlert('Example data source action executed');
+      });
+
       it('should not render incompatible cell action for message column', async () => {
         const state = kbnRison.encode({
           dataSource: { type: 'esql' },
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
index 810a9adb6b159..4fe76e19949ee 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/context_awareness/extensions/_get_additional_cell_actions.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await checkAlert('Another example data source action executed');
       });
 
+      it('should render additional cell actions for computed columns', async () => {
+        const state = kbnRison.encode({
+          dataSource: { type: 'esql' },
+          query: {
+            esql: 'from my-example-logs | sort @timestamp desc | eval foo = "bar"',
+          },
+          columns: ['foo'],
+        });
+        await PageObjects.common.navigateToActualUrl('discover', `?_a=${state}`, {
+          ensureCurrentUrl: false,
+        });
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await PageObjects.discover.waitUntilSearchingHasFinished();
+        await dataGrid.clickCellExpandButton(0, { columnName: 'foo' });
+        await dataGrid.clickCellExpandPopoverAction('example-data-source-action');
+        await checkAlert('Example data source action executed');
+      });
+
       it('should not render incompatible cell action for message column', async () => {
         const state = kbnRison.encode({
           dataSource: { type: 'esql' },