diff --git a/temporalio/contrib/pydantic/converter.py b/temporalio/contrib/pydantic/converter.py
index 81997e81..ee4037ca 100644
--- a/temporalio/contrib/pydantic/converter.py
+++ b/temporalio/contrib/pydantic/converter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import json
-from typing import Any, Optional
+import typing
+from typing import Any, Optional, Type
 
+from pydantic import BaseModel, create_model
 from pydantic.json import pydantic_encoder
+
+import temporalio.workflow
 from temporalio.api.common.v1 import Payload
 from temporalio.converter import (
     CompositePayloadConverter,
@@ -9,6 +13,10 @@
     DefaultPayloadConverter,
     JSONPlainPayloadConverter,
 )
+from temporalio.worker.workflow_sandbox._restrictions import (
+    _RestrictedProxy,
+    _unwrap_restricted_proxy,
+)
 
 
 class PydanticJSONPayloadConverter(JSONPlainPayloadConverter):
@@ -33,6 +41,26 @@ def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[Payload]:
             ).encode(),
         )
 
+    def from_payload(self, payload: Payload, type_hint: Optional[Type] = None) -> Any:
+        data = json.loads(payload.data.decode())
+        if type_hint and typing.get_origin(type_hint) is list:
+            assert isinstance(data, list), "Expected list"
+            [type_hint] = typing.get_args(type_hint)
+            assert type_hint is not None, "Expected type hint"
+            assert issubclass(type_hint, BaseModel), "Expected BaseModel"
+            if temporalio.workflow.unsafe.in_sandbox():
+                type_hint = _unwrap_restricted_fields(type_hint)
+
+            return [self._from_dict(d, type_hint) for d in data]
+        return self._from_dict(data, type_hint)
+
+    def _from_dict(self, data: dict, type_hint: Optional[Type]) -> Any:
+        assert isinstance(data, dict), "Expected dict"
+        if type_hint and hasattr(type_hint, "validate"):
+            return type_hint.validate(data)
+
+        return data
+
 
 class PydanticPayloadConverter(CompositePayloadConverter):
     """Payload converter that replaces Temporal JSON conversion with Pydantic
@@ -56,3 +84,13 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     payload_converter_class=PydanticPayloadConverter
 )
 """Data converter using Pydantic JSON conversion."""
+
+
+def _unwrap_restricted_fields(
+    model: Type[BaseModel],
+) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    fields = {
+        name: (_unwrap_restricted_proxy(f.annotation), f)
+        for name, f in model.model_fields.items()
+    }
+    return create_model(model.__name__, **fields)  # type: ignore