diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/expressions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/expressions.py
index 8cd386ba03aea..aac56c045ee21 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/expressions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/expressions.py
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ def to_plan(self, session: "SparkConnectClient") -> proto.Expression:
         return expr
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"(UnresolvedNamedLambdaVariable({', '.join(self._name_parts)})"
+        return ", ".join(self._name_parts)
 
     @staticmethod
     def fresh_var_name(name: str) -> str:
@@ -959,7 +959,10 @@ def to_plan(self, session: "SparkConnectClient") -> proto.Expression:
         return expr
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"(LambdaFunction({str(self._function)}, {', '.join(self._arguments)})"
+        return (
+            f"LambdaFunction({str(self._function)}, "
+            + f"{', '.join([str(arg) for arg in self._arguments])})"
+        )
 
 
 class WindowExpression(Expression):
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_column.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_column.py
index 9a850dcae6f53..fbfb4486446ff 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_column.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_column.py
@@ -1024,6 +1024,28 @@ def test_distributed_sequence_id(self):
             expected.collect(),
         )
 
+    def test_lambda_str_representation(self):
+        from pyspark.sql.connect.expressions import UnresolvedNamedLambdaVariable
+
+        # forcely clear the internal increasing id,
+        # otherwise the string representation varies with this id
+        UnresolvedNamedLambdaVariable._nextVarNameId = 0
+
+        c = CF.array_sort(
+            "data",
+            lambda x, y: CF.when(x.isNull() | y.isNull(), CF.lit(0)).otherwise(
+                CF.length(y) - CF.length(x)
+            ),
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(c),
+            (
+                """Column<'array_sort(data, LambdaFunction(CASE WHEN or(isNull(x_0), """
+                """isNull(y_1)) THEN 0 ELSE -(length(y_1), length(x_0)) END, x_0, y_1))'>"""
+            ),
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import unittest