diff --git a/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchFilterTranslator.cs b/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchFilterTranslator.cs
index 941bb1f..5935d4f 100644
--- a/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchFilterTranslator.cs
+++ b/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchFilterTranslator.cs
@@ -149,10 +149,97 @@ private Query TranslateMethodCall(MethodCallExpression methodCall)
                 when (declaringType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
                 => TranslateContains(source, item),
 
-            _ => throw new NotSupportedException($"Unsupported method call: {methodCall.Method.DeclaringType?.Name}.{methodCall.Method.Name}.")
+            // ✅ String.Contains() support
+            {
+                Method.Name: nameof(string.Contains),
+                Object: { } instance,
+                Arguments: [ConstantExpression { Value: string substring }]
+            } when instance.Type == typeof(string)
+                => TranslateStringContains(instance, substring),
+
+            // Enumerable.Any() support
+            {
+                Method.Name: nameof(Enumerable.Any),
+                Arguments: [var source, LambdaExpression predicate]
+            } anyCall
+                when (anyCall.Method.DeclaringType == typeof(Enumerable))
+                => TranslateAny(source, predicate),
+
+            _ => throw new NotSupportedException(
+                $"Unsupported method call: {methodCall.Method.DeclaringType?.Name}.{methodCall.Method.Name}.")
+        };
+    }
+
+
+    private Query TranslateStringContains(Expression instance, string substring)
+    {
+        if (!TryBindProperty(instance, out var property))
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Unsupported property in String.Contains expression.");
+        }
+        return new WildcardQuery(property.StorageName)
+        {
+            Wildcard = $"*{substring.ToLower(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}*"
         };
     }
 
+    private Query TranslateAny(Expression source, LambdaExpression predicate)
+    {
+        // Handle: r => r.TagNames.Any(t => externalList.Contains(t))
+        // This translates to checking if any value in the field array matches any value in the external list
+
+        if (predicate.Body is not MethodCallExpression innerMethodCall)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Only method calls are supported inside Any().");
+        }
+
+        // Check if it's a Contains call
+        if (innerMethodCall.Method.Name != nameof(Enumerable.Contains))
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException($"Only Contains() is supported inside Any(), got {innerMethodCall.Method.Name}.");
+        }
+
+        // Get the field being checked (e.g., TagNames)
+        if (!TryBindProperty(source, out var fieldProperty))
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Unsupported source property in Any() expression.");
+        }
+
+        // Pattern 1: externalList.Contains(t) - where innerMethodCall is extension method
+        if (innerMethodCall.Method.DeclaringType == typeof(Enumerable) &&
+            innerMethodCall.Arguments.Count == 2 &&
+            innerMethodCall.Arguments[0] is ConstantExpression { Value: IEnumerable externalList } &&
+            innerMethodCall.Arguments[1] is ParameterExpression lambdaParam &&
+            lambdaParam == predicate.Parameters[0])
+        {
+            return BuildTermsQuery(fieldProperty.StorageName, externalList);
+        }
+
+        // Pattern 2: externalList.Contains(t) - where innerMethodCall is instance method (List<T>.Contains)
+        if (innerMethodCall.Method.DeclaringType is { IsGenericType: true } declaringType &&
+            declaringType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>) &&
+            innerMethodCall.Object is ConstantExpression { Value: IEnumerable externalList2 } &&
+            innerMethodCall.Arguments.Count == 1 &&
+            innerMethodCall.Arguments[0] is ParameterExpression lambdaParam2 &&
+            lambdaParam2 == predicate.Parameters[0])
+        {
+            return BuildTermsQuery(fieldProperty.StorageName, externalList2);
+        }
+
+        throw new NotSupportedException("Unsupported Any() expression structure. Expected pattern: collection.Any(item => externalList.Contains(item))");
+
+        static Query BuildTermsQuery(string fieldName, IEnumerable values)
+        {
+            var fieldValues = new List<FieldValue>();
+            foreach (var value in values)
+            {
+                fieldValues.Add(FieldValueFactory.FromValue(value));
+            }
+
+            return new TermsQuery(fieldName, new TermsQueryField(fieldValues.ToArray()));
+        }
+    }
+
     private Query TranslateContains(Expression source, Expression item)
     {
         switch (source)
diff --git a/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/GlobalSuppressions.cs b/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/GlobalSuppressions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4104cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch/GlobalSuppressions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// This file is used by Code Analysis to maintain SuppressMessage
+// attributes that are applied to this project.
+// Project-level suppressions either have no target or are given
+// a specific target and scoped to a namespace, type, member, etc.
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+[assembly: SuppressMessage("Style", "IDE0003:Remove qualification", Justification = "<Pending>", Scope = "member", Target = "~M:Elastic.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Elasticsearch.ElasticsearchFilterTranslator.TryBindProperty(System.Linq.Expressions.Expression,Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.ProviderServices.PropertyModel@)~System.Boolean")]
diff --git a/test/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Filter/BasicFilterTests.cs b/test/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Filter/BasicFilterTests.cs
index 85fa89d..a906375 100644
--- a/test/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Filter/BasicFilterTests.cs
+++ b/test/VectorData.ConformanceTests/Filter/BasicFilterTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData;
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ public virtual Task Not_over_bool()
             r => !r.Bool,
             r => !(bool)r["Bool"]);
 
+
     [ConditionalFact]
     public virtual Task Not_over_bool_And_Comparison()
         => this.TestFilterAsync(
@@ -335,6 +336,90 @@ public virtual Task Contains_over_captured_string_array()
 
     #endregion Contains
 
+    #region String.Contains
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task StringContains_with_substring()
+        => this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.String != null && r.String.Contains("fo"),
+            r => r["String"] != null && ((string)r["String"]!).Contains("fo"));
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task StringContains_with_full_match()
+        => this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.String != null && r.String.Contains("foo"),
+            r => r["String"] != null && ((string)r["String"]!).Contains("foo"));
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task StringContains_no_match()
+        => this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.String != null && r.String.Contains("xyz"),
+            r => r["String"] != null && ((string)r["String"]!).Contains("xyz"),
+            expectZeroResults: true);
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task StringContains_with_special_characters()
+        => this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.String != null && r.String.Contains("specia"),
+            r => r["String"] != null && ((string)r["String"]!).Contains("specia"));
+
+    #endregion String.Contains
+
+    #region Any
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task Any_with_Contains_using_List()
+    {
+        var tagTexts = new List<string> { "x", "z" };
+
+        return this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.StringList.Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)),
+            r => ((List<string>)r["StringList"]!).Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)));
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task Any_with_Contains_no_match()
+    {
+        var tagTexts = new List<string> { "unknown", "missing" };
+
+        return this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.StringList.Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)),
+            r => ((List<string>)r["StringList"]!).Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)),
+            expectZeroResults: true);
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task Any_with_Contains_single_value()
+    {
+        var tagTexts = new List<string> { "x" };
+
+        return this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.StringList.Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)),
+            r => ((List<string>)r["StringList"]!).Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)));
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task Any_combined_with_And()
+    {
+        var tagTexts = new List<string> { "x", "z" };
+
+        return this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.StringList.Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)) && r.Int == 8,
+            r => ((List<string>)r["StringList"]!).Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)) && (int)r["Int"] == 8);
+    }
+
+    [ConditionalFact]
+    public virtual Task Any_combined_with_Or()
+    {
+        var tagTexts = new List<string> { "unknown" };
+
+        return this.TestFilterAsync(
+            r => r.StringList.Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)) || r.String == "foo",
+            r => ((List<string>)r["StringList"]!).Any(t => tagTexts.Contains(t)) || r["String"] == "foo");
+    }
+
+    #endregion Any
+
     #region Variable types
 
     [ConditionalFact]