diff --git a/lib/utils/entity-text.js b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
--- a/lib/utils/entity-text.js
+++ b/lib/utils/entity-text.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   type ThreadInfo,
 } from '../types/thread-types';
 import { basePluralize } from '../utils/text-utils';
+import type { GetENSNames } from './ens-helpers';
 
 type UserEntity = {
   +type: 'user',
@@ -335,24 +336,36 @@
   );
 }
 
+type TextEntity = { +type: 'text', +text: string };
+type EntityTextComponentAsObject =
+  | UserEntity
+  | ThreadEntity
+  | ColorEntity
+  | TextEntity;
+function entityTextToObjects(
+  entityText: EntityText,
+): EntityTextComponentAsObject[] {
+  return entityText.map(entity =>
+    typeof entity === 'string' ? { type: 'text', text: entity } : entity,
+  );
+}
+function entityTextFromObjects(
+  objects: $ReadOnlyArray<EntityTextComponentAsObject>,
+): EntityText {
+  return objects.map(entity => (entity.type === 'text' ? entity.text : entity));
+}
+
 function useENSNamesForEntityText(entityText: ?EntityText): ?EntityText {
-  const allObjects = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!entityText) {
-      return [];
-    }
-    return entityText.map(entity =>
-      typeof entity === 'string' ? { type: 'text', text: entity } : entity,
-    );
-  }, [entityText]);
+  const allObjects = React.useMemo(
+    () => (entityText ? entityTextToObjects(entityText) : []),
+    [entityText],
+  );
   const objectsWithENSNames = useENSNames(allObjects);
-  return React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!entityText) {
-      return entityText;
-    }
-    return objectsWithENSNames.map(entity =>
-      entity.type === 'text' ? entity.text : entity,
-    );
-  }, [entityText, objectsWithENSNames]);
+  return React.useMemo(
+    () =>
+      entityText ? entityTextFromObjects(objectsWithENSNames) : entityText,
+    [entityText, objectsWithENSNames],
+  );
 }
 
 function useEntityTextAsString(
@@ -368,6 +381,25 @@
   }, [withENSNames, params]);
 }
 
+async function getEntityTextAsString(
+  entityText: ?EntityText,
+  getENSNames: ?GetENSNames,
+  params?: EntityTextToRawStringParams,
+): Promise<?string> {
+  if (!entityText) {
+    return entityText;
+  }
+
+  let resolvedEntityText = entityText;
+  if (getENSNames) {
+    const allObjects = entityTextToObjects(entityText);
+    const objectsWithENSNames = await getENSNames(allObjects);
+    resolvedEntityText = entityTextFromObjects(objectsWithENSNames);
+  }
+
+  return entityTextToRawString(resolvedEntityText, params);
+}
+
 export {
   ET,
   entityTextToRawString,
@@ -375,4 +407,5 @@
   pluralizeEntityText,
   useENSNamesForEntityText,
   useEntityTextAsString,
+  getEntityTextAsString,
 };